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Sheet 69 Plan 5 Parish of Chollerton

List of Names as written on the Plan	Various modes of Spelling the same Names	Authority for those modes of Spelling	Situation	Descriptive Remarks, or other General Observations which may be considered of Interest
Steel	Steel	Mr. Davison	About 4 chains N of	A good Farm House with Labours Cottages
	Steel	Mr. Douglass	Broomhope Burn	and the necessary offices attached in the
	Steel	Mr. Southeron		occupation of Mr. Davison Farmer

The Cairn	The Cairn	Mr. Davison	About 30 chains NE	An old stone Building unoccupied and
(in Ruins)	(in Ruins)		of Steel	in a very ruinous condition at present
	The Cairn	Mr. Douglass
	(in Ruins)
	The Cairn	Mr. Southeron
	(in Ruins)

Cairn Plantation	Cairn Plantation	Mr. Davison	About 5 chains NW	A small enclosure surrounded with a stone
	Cairn Plantation	Mr. Douglass	of the Cairn	Wall and Planted with Fir trees
	Cairn Plantation	Mr. Southeron

Skelley Braes	Skelley Braes	Mr. Davison	About 18 chains NW	Two or three small rugid banks abruptly
	Skelley Braes	Mr. Douglass	of the Cairn	sloping towards the South West origin of
	Skelley Braes	Mr. Southeron		name unknown

				Edward Gillespie Sapper Royal Engineers

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