Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PEAT RIG | Peat Rig Peat Rig Peat Rig |
Robert McCourtie James Sproat John McCaul |
016 | [Situation] About 7 chs. [chains] N.E. [North East] by East of Moss Roddock Loch. A small hill of a ridge[like] Shape on the farm of Tower the Soil of which is arable land. Peats had once been [cut] Convenient to it hence the [name]. |
| MOSS RODDOCK LOCH | Moss Roddock Loch Moss Roddock Loch Moss Roddock Loch |
Robert McCourtie James Sproat John McCaul |
016 | [Situation] About 2 1/4 miles West of Barscobe Loch. A Small Sheet of water on [the] farm of Tower. The portion [of] ground on which it is, was [formerly] a Peat Moss & in Consequence [of it] being all cut & used for [fuel] [& taken] away it filled up with water & formed itself into a loch. |
| GRIM KNOWE | Grim Knowe Grim Knowe Grim Knowe |
Robert McCourtie James Sproat John McCaul |
016 | About 3/8 miles E. by N.[East by North] of Moss Roddick Loch. A Small hill on the farm of [Tower] the Soil of which is arable land, not Known in the locality how [it] got the name. - |
Continued entries/extra info
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Parish of Dalry
Form 136
Page 52 - Peat Rig
50- Moss Roddock Loch
49- Grim Knowe
Peat . Vegetable fuel
Scott: Dicty. [Scottish Sictionary]
Ordnance Survey - Kirkcudbright county, OS Name Books - Kirkcudbright county - Volume 39 - Parishes of Dalry and Ballmaclellan, OS1/20/39
This volume contains information on place names found in the parishes of Dalry, and Ballmaclellan.
Ordnance Survey - Kirkcudbright county
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