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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
COWAN HILL Cowan Hill
Cowan Hill
Cowan Hill
William Cairns
John Porteous
G. McHaffie Esqr.
009 [Situation] 5/8 mile North of Lochnaw Castle
A Small hill on the farm of Garchrie the soil of which is arable the base [is] of an oval Shape
CRANBERRY CROFT Cranberry Croft
Cranberry Croft
Cranberry Croft
John Fulton
Andrew McCrea
G McHaffie Esqr.
009 [Situation] 1 Mile N by W [North by West] of Lochnaw Castle and near the boundary of the Parish of Kirkcolm
A Small farm house and outbuildings recently erected & a farm of 15 acres [one fourth of] which is arable the remainder [moorland] occupied by John Ramsay. The proprietor Sir Andrew Agnew of Lochnaw

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Page 95 - Cowan Hill
99 - Cranberry Croft

[Note] Cowan - A fishing boat
Jamieson's Scottish Dity. [Dictionary]
[Note] Cranberry - The Oxycoccus palustris
A Small ever green creeping shrub Common in turfy bogs

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