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Cropy’s Hole Cropy’s Hole Mr Turnbull 13 chains N.E A very remarkable craggy
Cropy’s Hole Mr Riddel of Ousten House feature situated on the
Cropy’s Hole Mr Douglas South side of Simonside range
A large time ago a fox was
caught at the place & the
person who caught it cut off
his ears, hence the name
Ousen
Ousen House Ousten House Mr Turnbull 13 chains S.W. A very large rock Situated
Ousten House Mr Riddel of Cropys Hole a short distance south of
Ousten House Mr Douglas Simonside range this place
Ousen "Oxen" Brocketts Glossary was formerly used as a watch
house by for the Shepherds in the
lambing season it affords ample room
for 12 persons to obtain shelter
Ousen Sike Ousten Sike Mr Turnbull 9 chains South A small mountain stream issuing
Ousten Sike Mr Riddel of Ousten House from cut drains and marshy
Ousten Sike Mr Douglas ground & forming a tributary to
the Forest Burn
Charles Payne c/a

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