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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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THE LOCH | The Loch The Loch |
W. Forbes Esqr. George Cuthill Craigend |
005 | This name applies to a portion of a deep flat glen lying between Bowden Hill and Lochcote House, in which was a small loch, but it has been drained many years and its bed now afford a very strong rough pasture, it is sometimes flooded after heavy rains - at the N.W. [North West] corner is a sluice and a small building called Eel Ark, the former allowing egress to the water by a Covered drain & issuing at a small port nearly ½ a mile [West by North]. The Ark was for the purpose of retaining any eels that might get into it - The property of W.Forbes Esqr. - Situation : About ⅛ miles N.E. [North East] of Lochcote |
EEL ARK | Eel Ark Eel Ark Eel Ark |
W. Forbes Esqr. George Cuthill Craigend Sibbald's History of Linlithgowshire |
005 | Situation : 14 chains North North West of Lochcote This name applies to a portion of a deep flat glen lying between Bowden Hill and Lochcote House, in which was a small loch, but it has been drained many years and its bed now afford a very strong rough pasture, it is sometimes flooded after heavy rains - at the N.W. [North West] corner is a sluice and a small building called Eel Ark, the former allowing egress to the water by a Covered drain & issuing at a small port nearly ½ a mile [West by North]. The Ark was for the purpose of retaining any eels that might get into it - The property of W.Forbes Esqr. - |
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There is no separate entry for Eel Ark - it has been duplicated as it is relevant to both entries.Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
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