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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
Swang Bog Swang Bog
Swang Bog
Swang Bog
Mr Andrew Scott, N. [North] Phawhope
Mr John Anderson, Broadgairhill
Mr Walter Elliot, O. [Over] Kirkhope.
020 A mossy patch of hilly ground, a short distance South of Phawhope Hill, common to the county boundary, and, on the East side of Glend [Glendearg] Burn --
Glendearg Burn Glendearg Burn
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Glendearg
Mr Andrew Scott, N. [North] Phawhope
Mr John Anderson, Broadgairhill
Mr Walter Elliot, O. [Over] Kirkhope.
Jeffrey's History of Roxburghshire
020 Glendearg Burn rises out of a patch of Moss, at the water-shed, of the boundary-- between the two Counties, And flows in a northerly course, to its Confluence with Ettrick Water, opposite Broadgairhill --
Swang Sike Swang Syke


Sike
Swany Sike
Mr Andrew Scott, N. [North] Phawhope
Mr John Anderson, Broadgairhill
Mr Walter Elliot, O. [Over] Kirkhope.
Jamiesons Scottish Dictionary
W Copeland. Esq. Factor Thirlestane
020 A streamlet - flowing west into Glendearg Burn, from some drains out of the Swang Bog.

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Ettrick Ph [Parish] -- Sheet 20-- Trace 2 -- Described by c/a [civilian assistant] McK [McKay]

[Notes Glendeary Burn] -- Dearg - Red, red color, crimson; redden,
make red, makes an impression --
Deargan - Red stain-- Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary
Dairg - Chalmers Caledonian Vol [Volume] 2 Page 971

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