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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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BRAID HILLS | Braid Hill | Mr Ballantine, Upper Braid Mr Torrance, Greenbank Co. [County] map |
006 | A tolerably sized rocky hill covered with furze it commands an extensive view of Edinburgh and the Firth of Forth & is mentioned by Sir Walter Scott in one of his poems, it is upon the farm of Upper Braid & 2 Trigl. [Trigonometrical] (.) [Points] stand upon it. |
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[Page] 76List of Names collected by 2nd Corpl [Corporal] Mechan RSM [Royal Sappers & Miners]
Plan 6A Trace 6
[Parish] St Cuthberts & Colinton
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