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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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GOOL HILL | Gool Hill | James Brackenridge, Barachan by Kirkcowan James Erskine, Spittal Bu [Burn ?] (via) Kirkcow [Kirkcowan] |
019 | A Small hill of no great importance is much of a circular Shape it's [its] Soil is arable is Situated about 10 chs [chains] SE [South East] of Spittal Bridge it is Said that it took it's [its] name from a tree called gool which formerly is Said to have grown on it. The above mentioned hill is on the farm of the Grange occupied by Mr John Giffard proprietor Lord Stair of Culhorn near Stranraer |
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[Page] 86Plan 19 A List of Names collected by Private Peter Bracken
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[Object] Hill
[Parish] Penningham [Penninghame]
[Signed] Peter Bracken Pt. [Private] RS&M [Royal Sappers & Miners] September 16th /47 [1847]
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