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Ordnance Survey - Kirkcudbright county, OS Name Books - Kirkcudbright county - Volume 13 - Parishes of Carsphairn and Dalry, OS1/20/13

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List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	Situation	Description remarks
CRAIGLOUR BURN	Craiglour Burn Craiglour Burn	William Ramsay Walter Sloan	006	A small stream or burn having its rise on the farm of Carroch and running in a Westerly direction to its conflux with Cornharrow Burn.
CARROCH HILL	Carroch Hill Carroch Hill Carroch Hill	John Wilson William Ramsay Ainslies Map 1820	006	A tolerably sized hill on the farm of Carroch, its surface consists of rocky pasture On it is a Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Station called by Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Party.
CARROCH LANE	Carroch Lane Carroch Lane	John Wilson William Ramsay	006	A small stream or burn having its rise on the farm of Carroch, and running in a Westerly direction to its conflux with Strounfreggan Burn,

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[Page] 31
Parish of Dalry

Left hand side of page Form 136 Page 69 Craiglour Burn; 73 Carroch Hill; 73 Carroch Lane

Craiglour Burn
[Situation] Running in a Westerly direction to is junction with Cornharrow Burn about 1/2 mile ENE [East North East] of Cornharrow.
Carroch Hill
[Situation] 1/2 a mile S [South] East of Cornharrow farm house
Carroch Lane
[Name] Carach (Gaelic) Winding
meandering &c. often applied
to streams, as Sruthan carach i.e.
The winding stream.
[Situation] Running in a Westerly direction to its junction with Strounfreggan burn passing NW. [North West] side of Yellow Craig.

Transcriber's notes

Carroch Hill see page 73 for name of Trigonometrical Station - looks like "Kinoch"

Ordnance Survey - Kirkcudbright county, OS Name Books - Kirkcudbright county - Volume 13 - Parishes of Carsphairn and Dalry, OS1/20/13

This volume contains information on place names found in the parishes of Carsphairn, and Dalry.

Ordnance Survey - Kirkcudbright 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 Kirkcudbright, which is in the south west of Scotland.

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