OS1/35/3/43
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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STANDING STONE , LONG TOM SLOAN | Standing Stone, Long Tom Sloan Standing Stone, Long Tom Sloan |
William Hunter Farmer Cairn Ryan Toll Bar Peter Stroyan Farmer Meickle Leight by Cairn Ryan |
005 | This name applies to a stone about Six feet high and about 4 feet in Circumference. Standing on a Tract of moorland on the Farm of MeiKle Leight, There is a current Tradition in the Country that it has gotten this name given from being in a distant view the exact representation of the Size Figure and appearance of a herdsman or Shepherd of the name of Tom Sloan who it appears had formerly been employed in the capacity for a long period. |
LEIGHT MOOR | Leight Moor | Orthography and Description given with Trace No. 3 | 005 |
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List of Names collected by Thomas Smith C.A. [Civilian Assistant] -- 1st. Examiner - [page] 41 -- Parish of Inch -- [Plan] 5 A Trace 2Object - Standing stone, Long Tom Sloan - A Stone
- Leight Moor - A moor
[Signed] Thomas Smith C.Asst. [Civilian Assistant ]
20th. March 1847
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