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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloak Loch | Cloak Loch Cloak Loch |
Nathan Robson N.S Dalbeattie Thomas Porter N.S. Woodhouse |
The remains of a considerable loch: it is bounded from North to South on the Eastern Side by a range of hills extending from cloak to moyle hill. on the eastern side the Country is low and rough This Loch some years hence previous to its drainage varied in depth of Water from 10 to 12 feet, and now hardly one foot can be distinguished in any one part of it. but the bottom of this Loch like many others contain a considerable depth of sludge producing nothing but weeds & rushes It is supplied with springs within itself. there being no stream entering but one issuing from it of a tolerable size |
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46.A
List of Names collected by John E. Daveran RSM [Royal Sappers and Miners] 1st Examiner
Trace no. 3.
Parish: Colvend
Object: Loch
[signed] John E. Daveran
July ---
Transcriber's notes
Signature not visible due to fold at spine.
Ordnance Survey - Kirkcudbright county, OS Name Books - Kirkcudbright county - Volume 137 - Parishes of Buittle, Urr and Colvend and Southwick, OS1/20/137
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