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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
HILL OF DOWN Hill of Down


Hill of Doune
Estate Plan 1838
Charter
Title Deeds
John Hannay Esq Factor
005.09 An abrupt eminence. This hill appears to have been named after the town of Macduff which was called Down prior to 1783. It is generally pronounced Doune or Doon but in all documents in which the name appears it is spelled Down. It is the property of the Earl of Fife's trustees

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Co [County] of Banff - Parish of Gamrie

[signed] Charles Casser Sapper R.E. [Royal Engineers]

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