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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
THE GHOST STONE The Ghost Stone
The Ghost Stone
William Yates Barlure Via Glenluce
John Wilson New Luce Via Glenluce
011 A large Stone or Rock of Granwackie upon the edge of a precipitous bank & upon the farm of Barlure.
THE GHOST STONE BANK The Ghost Stone Bank
The Ghost Stone Bank
William Yates Barlure Via Glenluce
John Wilson New Luce Via Glenluce
011 A precipitous bank on the top of which "The Ghost Stone" is situated.
THE GHOST STONE HOWE The Ghost Stone Howe
The Ghost Stone Howe
William Yates Barlure Via Glenluce
John Wilson New Luce Via Glenluce
011 A hollow surrounded on the N. E. [North East] & South sides by the Ghost Stone Bank.

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List of Names Collected by Corpl. [Corporal] Robert Barlow RS&M [Royal Sappers & Miners].
Plan - 11A -- Trace - 4 -- Parish - New Luce

The Ghost Stone -- Object - a Rock
The Ghost Stone Bank-- Object - a Bank
The Ghost Stone Howe -- Object - a Hollow

[Note]
N.B. The above names are pronounced by the people Ghaist Stane altho' [although] they give the
spelling as above.

[Signed by]
Robert Barlow
Corpl. RS&M [Corporal Royal Sappers & Miners]
18th. Novr. [November] 1846.

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