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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
Kiln Hills Kiln Hills
Kiln Hills
Kiln Hills
Kill Hills
Revd. [Reverend] Robert S. Horn
Mr. James Watson
Mr. William Wood
Statistical Account by the Revd. [Reverend] Robert Davidson
035.02 Two Small eminences on the farms of Balmulzier and Hillhead, The writer of the Statistics of this parish calls these hills "Kill Hills", assumes it to have been the scene of a battle, supposes the name to have originated from the number of persons then Killed, and that the remains of a trench existed on them. All the authorities in the locality assert that these statements are incorrect, that the name was derived from the number of Malt Kilns which existed along the sides of these hills some years back, and when Smuggling was carried on on a large scale throughout the parish, the existence of the ditch they consider imaginary. the farmsteading of Balmulzier Stands on the Summit of the northern most hill, and is the property of Miss C. Waddell, Balquhatson, the southern hill is the property of Mr. John Waugh, Hillhead, Slamanan

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