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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOCHAR MOSS | Lochar Moss Lochar Moss Lochar Moss |
David Bell Mr Mather Gazetteer of Scotland |
049; 050; 055; 056 | [Situation] About 15/8 miles E. by N. [East by North] of Dumfries. An extensive Morass in the parish of Dumfries. Caerlaverock,Tinwald, Torthorwald,Mousewald and Rut---, it stretches Northward from the Solway Firth in a stripe of 10 --- in length and 2 to 3 miles in breadth and over its whole extent is nearly a dead level. Considerable portions of this moss is reclaimed and is still a reclaiming. It supplies Dumfries and its locality with part of their fuel. Tradition asserts that this moss was originally covered with wood, then inundated by the sea and navigable nearly to its head and next choked up by the wreck of vegetation and the deposits of the Solway Tides and thus transmuted into a Morass. The p--- around this moss preserves the above tradition as follows "First a Wood, and then a Sea" "Now a Moss, and e'er will be" |
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Parish of Dumfries
Transcriber's notes
There are a few words caught up in the fold of the page which I cannot transcribe.
Ordnance Survey - Dumfries county, OS Name Books - Dumfries county - Volume 26 - Parish of Holywood, OS1/10/26
This volume contains information on place names found in the Dumfriesshire parish of Holywood.
Ordnance Survey - Dumfries county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Dumfries, which is in the south west of Scotland.