Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WATERHEAD HILL | Waterhead Hill | James Sloane n & s Schoolmaster Carsphairn A Shaw n & s Waterhead Carsphairn |
002 | A large long rocky hill of middling elevation on the farm of Waterhead (hence the name) on it are eminences which have names on one of which Called Nether Hill is a Trigl. ◬ [Trigonometrical Station] Known to Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Party as Waterhead. It forms a range which has not a name with Swere Brae &c. |
| NETHER HILL | Nether Hill | John Wilson n & s Darnshaw Carsphairn A Shaw n & s Waterhead Carsphairn |
002 | A Small eminence on the farm of Waterhead and on about the centre of Waterhead Hill,the Surface of which is rocky pasture on its Summit is a Trigl. ◬ [Trigonometrical Station] Called by [Trigonometrical] Party 'Waterhead'. |
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List of Names collected by John Bray C.A. [Civilian Assistant] 1st. Examiner
Plan 2D Trace 3
Parish Carsphairn
Object
Waterhead Hill - A hill
Nether Hill - An Eminence
[Signed] John Bray C/A [Civilian Assistant] Decr. [December] 18th. 1849
Ordnance Survey - Kirkcudbright county, OS Name Books - Kirkcudbright county - Volume 4 - Parish of Carsphairn, OS1/20/4
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