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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
Peat Law Peat Law
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Peat Law
Peat Law
R. Pringle Esq Broadmeadows.
Mr. Mitchell Yair.
Mr. A. Rodgers. Sunderland
County Map
Fullerton's Gazetteer.
007.16 This hill, situated nearly three miles N.W. [North West] from the town of Selkirk is one of the loftiest elevation in the parish. It rises gradually at the Long Philip Burn to the height of 1964 feet above the level of the sea or 1604 feet above the level of the river Ettrick at Selkirk, and extends from th [there] for a considerable distance towards the N [North] Where the hill is not covered with heath it exposes a dark soil of the nature of pe [peat] from which it has received its name.
Sunderland Hope Sunderland Hope R. Pringle Esqr Broadmeadows
Mr Mitchell Yair
Mr. A Rodgers Sunderland.
007.16 This name applies to a flat uncultivated track of land, between the Cr [Cribs] Hill and Linglie Hill, extending a sho [short] distance along the Sunderland Burn which has its source there.
Howdenpot Burn Howdenpot Burn 008.13 See sheet 8. No 13

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Parish of Selkirk -- Sheet 7 No 16 -- Trace 5 & 6 -- Collected by H. Sharban

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Howdenpot Burn
See sheet 8. No 13

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