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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
COCKMUIR BRIDGE CocKmoor Bridge.
CocKmuir Bridge
CocKmuir Bridge
William Tait Esq.
William Graham.
Robert Pringle (InnKeeper).
Andrew Reid (Scarcerig Toll Bar)
018 [Situation] About 16 chains S. W. [South West] by South from Hillhead
A stone bridge of one arch upon the public road, a short distance North of CocKmoor. It is, a County Bridge.
SCARCE RIG Scarce Rig.
Scarce Rig.
Mr Pringle.
William Graham.
018 [Situation] About ½ Mile S. [South] West of Hillhead
A ridge of arable and rough land upon the farms of Toxside and Westloch. it streatches for almost a mile along the east Margin of the Public road & gives name to the toll Bar at its northern extremity its sterility gave rise to the Name.

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Transcriber's notes

In the Scarce Rig entry "streatches" is probably meant to be stretches.

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Molly Miller

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