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List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	Situation	Description remarks
BLACK CAVE	Black Cave Black Cave Cave Mafaddern	David Adams Peter Crawford Andrew McDonald	027	[Situation] 5/8 Mile North of Ardwell Bay. A Cave in the western sea shore of Stoneykirk situate near to Saltpans it is in the face of a perpendicular the entrance is wide and extends in for a considerable distance until stoped by a wall which had been built by some of the farmers who had lived convenient to it from its dark appearance it gets the name Black Cave.
ERSBAL'S CAVES	Ersbal's Caves Ersbal's Caves	Andrew Mc Donald Peter Crawford	027	[Situation] ¾ Mile North of Ardwell Bay. This name applies to two Caves situate close to the East side of Crawberry Rock. These Caves extends only a short distance in the precipitous Rock. It is said a man named Ersbal (who committed murder) took shelter in this cave as a hiding place to evade the law hence the name.

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Parish of StoneyKirk

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49 - Ersbal's Caves

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