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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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ROUGH CAIRN HILL | Rough Cairn Hill Rough Cairn Hill Rough Cairn Hill Rough Cairn Hill |
Charles Kerr Farmer Little Larbrax via Stranraer John McCubbin Knockaldie via Stranraer William McNeal Farmer Balgracie via Stranraer John Kerr Farmer George Street Stranraer |
015 | A Tolerable large hill Partly arable & Partly Pasture So Call'd from A Round Fort or Cairn . But more like the Danish forts in Ireland . The Surfice of this fort is now flat from cultivation But the Ditch or Drain of defence is still entire. This hill is on the farmes of Little Larbrax & Port Logan. On the Summit of which Stands A Trigl. ◬ [Trigonometrical Station] Called BY Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Party Sheepfold: Situated Convenient to the West Side of the Road from Kirkcolm to Portpatrick this Hill is on the Lands of Sir Andrew Agnew Bt. [Baronet] And is Called Rough Cairn Hill to distinguish it from Other Cairn Hills |
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[Page] 86-- List of Names collected by Private William BirKby 1st. ExaminerPlan 15 A Trace 4 -- [Parish] Leswalt
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Rough Cairn Hill - Hill
[Signed] William BirKby
Pe. R S & [Private Royal Sappers & ] Miners
7th. May 1847
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