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These can present a problem if their location is not clear from the records. If even a ‘Google’ search yields nothing, try the place name indexes in the Register of the Great Seal of Scotland (1306-1659); the sasine abridgements, or documents of land grants, (1781-1830), or enquire at Edinburgh University’s School of Scottish Studies, which has records down to the level of individual field names. The GROS Index of Scottish Place Names is helpful, as is L.R. Timperley’s A Directory of Landownership in Scotland c.1770 (SRS, 1976).