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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FELL OF CAIRN PIOT | Fell of Cairn Piot Fell of Cairn Piot Fell of Cairn Piot |
Alexander McGregor Farmer Challoch Hill via Portpatrick James Dorman Colfin (via) Portpatrick John Edger Craigmoodie (via) Stranraer |
016 | A large tract of high Land the soil of which is Rocky heathy Pasture. On the Summit of which there is. the Ruins of An Ancient Cairn. of A circular Shape. Dafended by Five Walls. Parallel to each other & about 70 links apart. These fences has evidently been erected as A Fortification or place of Strength. & is thought to have been Built by the Ancient Picts. There Circular fences ar still quite visible. Although All the New fences near its Neighbourhood & Some houses has been built of the Stones taken therefrom. Cairn Piot or Cairn Pat. Its on A farm of that Name. & on the Cairn there Stands A Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Station Call'd by theTrigl. [Trigonometrical] Party Cairn Point. There is A very extensive view of the Surrounding Cuntery & the North Coast of Ireland. The Farm of Cairn Piot is the Property of Thomas Hunter Blair Esqr. Dunskey |
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Plan 16C -- List of Names collected by Private William BirKby 1st. Examiner -- [Page] 45Trace No 3 -- [Parish of] Portpatrick
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Fell of Cairn Piot - Hill
[Signed] William BirKby
Pe R S [Private Royal Sappers] & Miners 14th. May 1847
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