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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RINGWEE | Ringwee | Alexander McDowall Mary Port Drumore Alexander McKey Cailness Drumore Daniel Wallace Alton Drumore |
036 | A Small portion of Sea Shore at low water covered with Boulders. Which is the Northern Extremity of Mary Port Bay. It is on the farm of Cailliness the Property of the Earl of Stair. |
| MARY PORT | Mary Port | Alexander McDowall Mary Port Drumore Alexander McKey Cailness Drumore Daniel Wallace Alton Drumore William Todd Drumore |
036 | A good farm house 2 Storry's high Slated with Out- houses detached and all Slated & in good repair there is also A farm Containing 165 acres of Good land. At the present occupied by Alexander McDowall & is the property of Col. [Colonel] McDowall of Logan. This place may have derived its name from the Virgin Mary. The print of whose Knee is Fabulously reported to be Seen on a Stone where she prayed. On the Land on MaryPort Bay. There was also A Chapel . No trace of which Can Now be seen dedicated to her [Covennant] to this place- There is also a Trigl. [Trigonometrical] station on this farm by the same name |
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[Page] 134List of Names collected by Pte. [Private] William BirKby 1st Examiner
Plan 35A
Parish Kirkmaiden
Object
Ringwee - Portion of the Coast
Mary Port - House & Farm
[Signed] William BirKby
Pe RS & M [Private Royal Sappers & Miners]
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