Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARIAN TOWER | Marian Tower Marian Tower Marian Tower Marion Tower Marion Tower Marian Tower Marian Hill Tower Marian Hill Tower |
George McHaffie Esqr. Thomas McRobert Thomas McClure McNeill Card Esqr. William Crichton Drumdow Alexander McNeil Esqr. Michael Wallace Inscription on Tower |
009 | [Situation] on Craigengerroch Hill 1 1/2 miles N E [North East] from Mains of Airies A plain Circular Stone building or Tower about 15 feet high and about 25 feet in circumference built by Colonel Ross late of Balsarroch The inscription Marian Hills [1802] is on a Stone of this Building it appears it had been built by the abovementioned gentleman to the Memory of his wife |
| BRUNTSHANK | Brunt Shank Brunt Shank Brunt Shank Bruntshank |
Thomas McClure Alexander Craig McNeill Card Esqr. George McHaffie Esqr. |
009 | [Situation] About 1 1/2 miles E. n. E. [East north East] from Mains of Airies A labourer's Cottage on the farm of Drumdow There is no land attached to it. It is said to have taken its name from a Small piece on which it is built the Surface soil of which had been burnt to bring it into a State of Cultivation |
| CRAIGBELL | Craigbell Craigbell Craigbell |
Thomas McClure Alexander Hannay George McHaffie Esqr. |
009 | [Situation] 10 chains W. S. W. [West South West] from Bruntshank A ruin of a Small farm house which had formerly 90 acres of land attached it is not occupied there 8 years. it is the property of the Earl of Stair |
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Parish of Kirkcolm -- [Page] 17
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Page - 9 Marian Tower
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- 8 Craigbell
"Brunt", Burned or burnt"
Dr. [Doctor] Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary
Ordnance Survey - Wigtown county, OS Name Books - Wigtown county - Volume 15 - Parishes of Kirkcolm and Leswalt, OS1/35/15
This volume contains information on place names found in the Wigtownshire parishes of Kirkcolm, and Leswalt.
Ordnance Survey - Wigtown 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 Wigtown, which is in the south west of Scotland.