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Ordnance Survey - Perth county, OS Name Books - Perth county - Volume 13 - Parishes of Caputh and Dunkeld and Dowally, OS1/25/13

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LXXIV [74] - 2 -- Parish of Caputh Perthshire

[Note in red ] "Although the old bed of the River (Tay) has now
filled up to a considerable extent, & in some places affords excellent pasture, or has even been put under Crop,
yet in great floods it is also covered with water, which
Sometimes ascends so far up on the farm, As to Assume
the appearance of a large lake, In other Seasons. the pools
in the old bed of the River are much frequented by
wild ducks ie - It may be mentioned that it is this farm
of Haugh of Meikleour, which in large Maps is designated
the "Bloody Inches." but no satisfactory origin of the name
can now be assigned.
New Stat [Statistical] Account for Kincardine Ph. [Parish]

Ordnance Survey - Perth county, OS Name Books - Perth county - Volume 13 - Parishes of Caputh and Dunkeld and Dowally, OS1/25/13

This volume contains information found in the parishes of Caputh, and Dunkeld and Dowally.

Ordnance Survey - Perth 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 Perth, which is in central Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.

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