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Sheet 49 Plan 5 Parish of Falstone

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
Quirinal	Quirinal	Mr Armstrong	About 45 chains N of	A very remarkable ca craggy precipice
	Quirinal	Mr. Robson	Kirshopes Castle	composed of immense rocks rising nearly
	Quirinal	Mr Jackson	This name is derived from a Sportsman	perpendicular and large blocks scattered about
	Quirinal		who fancied he saw a resemblance	~~origin of name unknown~~
			between this object and one of the
			hills of Rome Called the
			Quirinal

Skelly’s Riggin	Skelley’s Riggin	Mr. Armstrong	About 37 chains E of	A rough and rocky eminence occupying
	Skelley’s Riggin	Mr Robson	Kirshopes Castle	an elevated position on Deadwater ~~Fell~~
	Skelley’s Riggin	Mr Jackson	ie Riggin in Scotland means
			the top of the roof of any house

Three Pikes	Three Pikes	Mr Armstrong	About 50 chains N.E	A rocky eminence crowned with three
	Three Pikes	Mr Robson	of Kirshopes Castle	artificial piles of rough stones erected as
	Three Pikes	Mr Jackson	This name is derived from the	a guide for sheepherds in foggy weather
			3 Curricks which Crown its
			summit

Hall Knowe	Hall Knowe	Mr Armstrong	About 31 chains S.	A small eminence situated on the
	Hall Knowe	Mr Robson	of Kirshopes Castle	south bank of the ~~stream~~ district called
	Hall Knowe	Mr Jackson		Deadwater Lakes

				Edw. Gillespie SRE

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Transcribed by BFR and BER