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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
SOLDIER'S HILL Soldier's Hill
Soldier's Hill
Thomas Wallace
Thomas Milroy
017 [Situation] In the N. [North] of the Parish of Old Luce on Cascreugh Fell 1 1/4 miles North of Carscreugh Castle.
This name applies to the highest point of Cascreugh Fell it is a small green hill or Knowe Said to be the place where formerly the Earl or Marshal Stair used to parade his soldiers - hence the name Soldier's Hill
MID HILL Mid Hill
Mid Hill
Thomas Wallace
Thomas Milroy
017 [Situation] 3/4 mile South of Carscreugh Castle.
A small hill on the farm of Derveird the soil is arable situate near Black Hill.

Continued entries/extra info

[Page] 13
Parish Old Luce
Form 136 Page
19 - Soldier's Hill
36 - Mid Hill

Transcriber's notes

An entry on this page for "Barnshannan Hill" has been scored through and endorsed "On Plan 17D" and is not transcribed.
Cascreugh Fell not actually written on the map.

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Chr1smac -Moderator, JCB

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