Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIFE NESS MUIR | Fifeness Muir\nFifeness Muir\nFifeness Muir | James Bowman Crail\nMr. Morton Craighead.\nMr. Todd Balcomie | 020 | [situation] About 15 Chains S.E. [South East] from Craighead\nA Small piece of rough ground on the farm of Craighead its surface is covered with furze, it is only a Small portion of a larger tract of Muirland. Now all except this piece under cultivation, and the exact limits of which cannot now be ascertained. |
| LOWER MEAD | Lower Mead\nLower Mead | James Bowman Crail\nJames Brown Crail | 020 | [situation] Adjoining Crail Harbour\nA Small Solid Stone building about fifteen feet high, it is about 5 feet square at its base and is conically built to the forementioned height, it is in good repair And Situated about one chain inland of Crail harbour, it is only one of two such landmarks built for the purpose of guiding Mariners in bringing their vessels into the above harbour it was built at some remote but unknown period, and is kept in repair & Whitewashed annually by the burgh authorities of Crail |
Continued entries/extra info
Parish of Crail Plan 20 B. Trace No.3. 99[page no.]\nTo be written in conformity with the name Fife Ness (in page 98) as two words [This is written under Fife Ness Muir in Orthography column]
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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