Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOME FARM | Home Farm Home Farm Home Farm |
Colonel Leith Mr Leith Proprieter |
035 | An excellent farmsteading, slated and in good repair; property of Mr Leith, Freefield. |
| SPY HILL | Spy Hill Spy Hill Spy Hill |
Colonel Leith, Freefield Mr Leith, Freefield J McGillavary, Bonnyton |
035 | An artificial mound about 20 feet in height and about 40 feet broad, situated about a quarter of a mile north of Freefield. This mound has every appearance of an ancient grave mound, but it has never been opened, nor anything of importance found near it. |
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Parish of Rayne
Spy Hill
Doubts exist as to whether this object be an
Antiquity or no, and as it is about to be opened
up by the proprietor, this point will be satisfactorily
settled by the time the Plans are returned to this
office with remarks
At Freefield is an Artificial grassy mound of sixty yards in Circumference and eighteen feet in height (Collections of the Shires)
Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 77 - Parish of Rayne, OS1/1/77
This volume contains information on Aberdeenshire place names found in the parish of Rayne.
Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Aberdeen, which is in the north east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.