OS1/30/14/127
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flea Shank | Flea Shank | John Gordon, Constable, Arthur Geddes, Shepherd, Mr Ballantyne Whitehope |
011.05 | A prolonged, lateral shoot, or spire, of Deuchar hill, so called from its being infested with a sort of flea that attacks the sheep, depasturing on it, but it is merely a local, or shepherds name, and of no general importance. |
| Tinnis Burn | Tinnis Burn | John Gordon Constable John Anderson Shepherd George Mathieson Shepherd |
10.Six Inch; 010.08 ; 011.05 | A small stream rising in a moor, on the South of Peatshank Head, Passing Tinnis Farm house, and after a course of nearly 2 miles in a South direction falls into the Yarrow a little to the East of the above house, |
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Collected by Robert Young 2nd Corpl. R.E [Corporal Royal Engineers]
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