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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
SANDY KNOWE Sandy Knowe
Sandy Knowe
Sandy Knowe
James Hewitt Tenant Sandy Knowe
John Aitchison Sandy Knowe
James BrocKie Sandy Knowe
009.01 A farm house three stories high, Slated and in good repair, having suitable office attached. The property of Lord Polwarth Mertown House. Sir Walter Scott resided in this house from childhood until he became a man.
LADY HILL Lady Hill
Lady Hill
Lady Hill
James Hewit
John Aitchison
James Brockie
009.10 A middling high hill on the farm of Sandy Knowe, situate a short distance South of "Smailholm Tower" Its surface is covered with rough pasture.
WATCHFOLD Watchfold
Watchfold
Watchfold
James Hewit
John Aitchison
James Brockie
009.10 This name is applied to the highest and most conspicuous of the rocks called "Sandy Knowe Craig". It is situated North East of "Smailholm Tower" and is generally believed to have been the station of a beacon in the times of the war with England.

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Parish of Smailholm
Sheet 9 No. 1 Trace 4 -- Described by George Darling c/a [civilian assistant]

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