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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
CAIRN-NAPPLE HILL Cairn-naple Hill
Cairn-naple Hill
Cairn-naple or Cairn-paple
Cairn-naple
Cairn-Naple
Cairne-paple
Cairn Napple
Revd [Reverend] J. Duns
Mr. Donald Thomson Inspector of poor Torphichen
New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] of Linlithgowshire
Penney's Hist. [History] of Linlithgowshire
Fullarton's Gazetteer
Sibbald's Hist. [History] of Linlithgowshire
Forrest's Co. [County] map
005 [Situation] In the extreme east portion of the parish of Torphichen

A large and most prominent feature in the Hilderston Hills range, it occupies the Eastern side And rises to an elevation of nearly 1500 feet above the level of the Sea it is all planted with mixed wood and On the summit is an ancient British Camp much defaced - there are none of the sides very steep but slopes gradually all round from the top

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Ph [Parish] of Torphichen -- Sheet 5 No. 15 -- Trace 1

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