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Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIT (Site of) [Drummore] | Pit (Site of) | Land of the Lindsays Robert Kidd, Keeper of the Castle, |
020 | " Under an arid and almost perpendicular point of Drummore hill the fatal 'pit' of the ancient lords was situated" ......... "although from natural deposit and the exuberance of brushwood" (it) "is barely traceable," Land of the Lindsays. The site is in a very wet place in the "Moat" surrounding the "Castle Hillock, and is partly enclosed by a paling, There is now no brushwood on the spot, but as Mr Jarvise states the "pit" is barely traceable, and except that the place is more marshy than the rest, there is nothing remarkable about it. |
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Co. [County] Forfar -- Parish of Edzell
Ordnance Survey - Angus county, OS Name Books - Forfar (Angus) county - Volume 40 - Parish of Edzell, OS1/14/40
This volume contains information on place names found in the Forfarshire parish of Edzell.
Ordnance Survey - Angus 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 Angus, which is in the east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.