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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PORTMARK | Portmark Portmark Portmark Portmark |
Andrew Murdoch James Sloan Ainslies Map. 1820 Valn.[Valuation] Roll. 1819 |
004 | [Situation] About 2 3/8 miles W. by N.[West by North] of Woodhead Lead Mines A farm house and outhouses in middling repair with a large farm of land attached Occupied by Mr Walker of Bellsbank, and is the property of the Hon. Col. [Honourable Colonel] McAdam Cathcart of Craigengillan. |
| CORAN OF PORTMARK | Coran of Portmark Coran of Portmark Corran |
Andrew Murdoch James Sloan Ainslies Map |
004 | [Situation] 1 mile W. [West] of Woodhead Leadmines A large hill on the farm of Portmark its surface is rocky heathy pastire, and on it is a Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Station called by Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Party "Curn of Portmark." It is a Conspicuous part of an irregular range |
| POLMEADOW BURN | Polmeadow Burn Polmeadow Burn |
Andrew Murdoch James Sloan |
004 | [Situation] Running N.[North] Westerly passing near the north side of Polmeadow farm house A Small Stream having its rise on the farm of Lamloch and running in a Westerly direction to its influx with "Loch Doon." |
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Parish of Carsphairn
Form 136 Page 43 Portmark
42 Coran of Portmark - [note] "It is a prominent part of an irregular range" [Arrow pointing to Coran of Portmark ] "Probably written by
mistake "
42 Polmeadow Burn
Ordnance Survey - Kirkcudbright county, OS Name Books - Kirkcudbright county - Volume 7 - Parishes of Carsphairn and Straiton, OS1/20/7
This volume contains information on place names found in the parishes of Carsphairn, and Straiton.
Ordnance Survey - Kirkcudbright county
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