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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BROWNIE'S COVE Brownies Cove J. G. Hannay Esqr.
Rev. [Reverend] William Menzies
William Rennie Esqr.
William Brown Esqr.
038 A Small natural Cove immediately below Dunure Castle. It is Noticed by Grose in his antiquities and Supposed by him to have been a Sally-port Connected with the Castle. It was nearly filled up with debris from the rock and built in [1100] when Grose wrote and is Scarcely discernible now. Brownie is the name given to one of the Several classes of fairies in Scottish superstition.

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