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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELDRIG LANE | Eldrig Lane | Alexander Johnstone High [Blackquarter] near Newtonstewa [Newtonstewart] James McWalker High[Blackquarter] |
013 | A Large Stream issuing out of Loch Eldrig forming the meeting between Little Eldrig and High and Low Blackquarters. It runs generally in a Southerly direction and empties itself into the River Bladenoch about 3/4 of a mile South of the farm house of Little Eldrig |
| THE WHITE CAIRN | The White Cairn | James McWalker High [Blackquarter] | 013 | A Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Station Standing on an oval Shaped bed of rocks, my informant states that there had been a pile of Stones on the Spot, but there is no trace of them now to be Seen. It is Supposed that the Trig. [Trigonometrical] party called it Eldrig Craig |
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[Page] 42Plan 13 A -- List of Names collected by Pri [Private] Peter Bracken RS&M [Royal Sappers & Miners]
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[Object]
Eldrig Lane - A Stream
The White Cairn - Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Station
[Parish] Penninghame
[Note] I cannot a Second Authority [but]
James Walker is an old man and
lived many years in Big [Eldrig]
[Signed] Peter Bracken
Pri RS&M [Private Royal Sappers & Miners]
30th May 1846
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