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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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MEIKLE TONGUE | Meikle Tongue Meikle Tongue . Muckle Tongue Mickle Tongue Mickyl Tongue . Meikle Tongue . Mykil, Muckle , Mickle . Meikle Tongue |
Alexander McKenzie John Adair Esqr. Writer Stranraer Ainslie's Map 1782 Ainslie's Map 1826 Dr. [Doctor] Jamieson's Dicty [Dictionary] Tannahill's poems quoted by Dr. Jamieson in his Scottish Dictionary See Name List Plan 10D |
010 | [Situation] 3 miles W. by N. [West by North] of Newluce Village A Small heathy hill on Meickle Tongue farm On the Summit of this hill stands a Trigl. ◬ [Trigonometrical Station] |
FELL OF CRAIGCAFFIE | Craig Coffey Craigcaffie Craigcaffie Craig-caffie Craigcaffie Fell Craigcaffie Fell Craigcaffie Fell Fell of Craigcaffie |
Commander C.G. Robinsons Chart of Loch Ryan R. N. [Royal Navy] 1839 Mr. George Guthrie Factor Statistics Wigton 1841 Ainslies Map 1782 Thomas Wallace Alexander McKenzie Archibald McCreary See name List Plan 10D |
010 | [Situation] 5 Miles W. [West] of Newluce Village A high hill extending N. [North] and S. [South] from the Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Station on its Summit the part [of] the hill facing East [is] both Steep and Rocky , the hill is on the [Farm of] Craigcoffey the property of the Earl of Stair Culhorn by [Stranraer] |
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[Page] 6 -- Parish of InchForm 136
Page 29- Meikle Tongue
27- Fell of Craigcaffie
[Note] This is only the name given to the trigl. [Trigonometrical] Station
from the name of the farm . The name of the hill is Cairniewa (See P [Page] 13 )
[signed] W S Loop Sec Corp [Second corporal]
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