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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
GALLOWAY PORT Galloway Port
Galloway Port
Alexander Colm
Andrew McDonald
027 [Situation] ½ Mile W by N. [West by North] of High Ardwell.
This name applie to a small portion of the Western Sea shore of Stoney River it is well known by the name Galloway Port it takes its name from a man the name of Galloway who had formerly lived convenient to it.
RED CAVE Red Cave
Red Cave
Peter Crawford
Andrew McDonald
027 [Situation] ½ Mile NW [North West] of High Ardwell.
A cave in the face of a perpendicular Rock Situate to the South of Sheep Hank it is [inclosed] on the west by a small portion of arable land
SHEEP HANK Sheep Hank
Sheep Hank
Sheep Hank
David Adams
Peter Crawford
Andrew McDonald
027 [Situation] ½ Mile North of Ardwell Bay.
A considerable rock situate to the South of Black Cave the East side slops to the base of the [prec--] shore. sheep are sometimes on it the name Hank is most probably a corrupted word for Haunt.
TORD STONE Tord Stone
Tord Stone
Tord Stone
Tord Stone
Peter Crawford
Andrew McDonald
William Gibson
Alexander Renny
027 [Situation] 5/8 Mile NW [North West] of High Ardwell.
A black flat rock covered at high water situate near to Red Cave it cannot be ascertained how it got its name

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