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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UPPER MEAD | Upper Mead\nUpper Mead | James Bowman Crail\nJames Brown Crail | 020 | [situation] Adjoining Crail Harbour\nA Small Sold Stone building about fifteen feet high and built on a base of about five feet square and rising conically to the forementioned height, it is only one of two Such Land Marks built inland off Crail harbour as a guide to Mariners about entering the Same from Sea, both landmarks are named Upper and Lower Mead, as being the only Safe Mead - i.e. Measures by which Mariners at Sea Can safely effect an entrance with their vessels into this harbour. They are Said to have been erected by the "burgh Authorities" of Crail at Some remote but unknown period, and are kept in repair by the |
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100[page no.] Parish of Crail
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Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties, OS Name Books - Fife and Kinross county - Volume 84 - Parishes of Kilrenny, Kingsbarn and Crail, OS1/13/84
This volume contains information on the place names found in the parishes of Kilrenny, Kingsbarn, and Crail.
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties
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 counties of Fife in the east of Scotland and Kinross in central Scotland. The boundaries of these counties were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.
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