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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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SPEAT | Speat Speat |
John Brown William McCulloch |
035 | [situation] 2 miles (nearly) west of Mull (farm house) A Small rock covered at high water mark.- |
RED CAVE | Red Cave Red Cave |
John Brown William McCulloch |
035 | [situation] About 5 chains East of Speat A cave the entrance of which is close at high water mark. It extends in for about 10 feet. - |
NICK OF KINDRAM | Nick of Kindram Nick of Kindram Nick of Kindram |
Robert Bone John Brown William McCulloch |
035 | [situation] 10 chains NE [North east] of Speat A small green hollow near the brinK of the precipice which overhangs the Sea. The derivation of its name is unknown. It is on the farm of Auchneight. |
Continued entries/extra info
[page] 13Parish of Kirkmaiden
Form 136
Page - 91- Speat
- 91 - Red Cave
- 91- Nick of Kindram
[note] "Nick" an opening between the summit of two hills.
Galloway Encycl. [Encyclopaedia] Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary
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