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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
MUSCLE SCALP Muscle Scalp
Muscle Scalp
Rev'd [Reverend] K. Mackenzie Minister Bo'ness [Borrowstouness]
John Anderson Merchant Bo'ness [Borrowstouness]
001 [Situation] East side of the channel o the River Avon

A large muscle bed situated between high, and low water, in front of Corbyhall, and a little to the east of the low water mark of the River Avon. The muscles are mostly covered with mud. The property of the Duke of Hamilton.

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Parish of Borrowstounness
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Note: Scalp, Scaup. A bed of oysters or muscles. - Jamieson's Dictionary

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