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ance. Ihc plans which 1 have ventured to draft have been 

 g'enerously executed for me by Mr Uavid Robertson, and Mr 

 John Barker has kindly lent me the plan of the King Street 

 area. 



Notes. 



1 Tho Poindficld (probably poind-fold) J3uni rises on tho low 

 hills on tho sonth-west of the Moffat l{oad, flows underground at 

 the back of Carnegie Street, through the railway arch inider the 

 Edinburgh Uoad into Nunfield, and, pursuing a somewhat devious 

 course, it finally enters the Nith at Crindau. Its course formed 

 the burgh boundary on the north-east. 



2 This burn, which was latterly known at the point where it 

 crossed St. Michael Street as the Catstrand, appears to be identical 

 with the stream known in tlie 16th century as the " Freizehole 

 runner " (it is vai'iously spelt fre.sshoill. freirsholl, freashole, etc.). 

 It flowed from a marsh between the Craigs and IJankend Koads at 

 the back of Mountainhall, known as Mountainhall Loch, by Brook- 

 field Cottage, down the side of the Craigs Road ; it crossed St. 

 ^Michael Street, and passed down the low ground called Raff el Dubs 

 and (later) Goose Dubs, into the Nith at the Stank. In 1777 seven 

 tenements of houses and yards were known as Goosedubs, south of 

 them was the Dovecote Croft, which was bounded on the south by 

 the Pumpfield Loaning; south of this latter was the High Dock, 

 one acre of which was feued by the Burgh in 1777 for the estab- 

 lishment of the old infirmary, which now belongs to St. Joseph's 

 College. 



2a The Gallows were situated on the ridge that is east of the 

 i miction of the Moffat and Lockerbie Roads. The exact site is diffi- 

 cult to determine, as there have been considerable changes in the 

 roads, etc. The Gallows Close, however, is almost certainlj' the 

 jNIoffat Road. The Gallowrig stretched westward to the Deadmans- 

 hirst and southwards to Milldamhead. The Far Gallowrig ran 

 out to Noblehill (Hannay's Thorn). As can easily be seen, much of 

 the ground about would be marshy, and we have the Gallowsmyre 

 described as being both on the east and west of the Gallows. The 

 hollow at Greenbrae wa,s known in the 18th century as Cowie's Hole. 

 Several floshc.s ran southwards to the Milldam, the principal one 

 being the Gallows Flosh. The Gallows muir lay to the east of the 

 Gallowrig. 



3 See note 2. 



4 The situation of tho Kyrnyngbog is, as yet, unknown to me. 



5 The Lochans were " amangis the beirlandis," . and were 

 bounded on the north by the Langlands. 



6 The Creynlarimoss was " nixt the landis of Cunnyidiill."' 

 Albany Bank is situated upon the Cunninghill. 



6a The Craneberrie Moss was on the south side of the Punderhill 



