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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AULD WIFE'S GRAVE | Auld Wife's Grave Auld Wife's Grave |
James McKenzie New Luce by Glenluce William McMillan Grocer New Luce by Glenluce William McCombe Little Larg or Archt [Architect] New Luce by Glenluce |
010 | This is a rock which rises about 3 1/2 feet above the surface of the ground and is in length about 15 feet, is width is about 10 feet it lies in the direction of N.E. [North East] and S.W. [South West] or nearly E. [East] and between its extreme points is an opening of natural formation resembling a Stone Trough, or an open Grave . Save its being open at both end. against the N.E. [North East] end a large loose flag of Stone is raised up to Close the opening in the rock and around it is a few Scattered land Stones, Giving it the appearance of the Site of an Ancient Cairn, - But there is no Tradition in the Country to Say that any person was buried in it. it merelly Gets the name from its close resemblance to an open Grave. |
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Plan 10B Trace 4 -- [Page] 47 -- List of Names collected by -- Parish of Inch
Object - Auld Wife's Grave - a cavity in a rock
[Note] It is Situated on the hill
of Cairnscarrow And farm
of Little Larg - and is about
8 or 9 Chains North of a Trig [Trigonometrical] Station
on the [Summit] of this hill
[Signed] W. Driscoll Gossett Lt. RE [Lieutenant Royal Engineers]
Dec. [December] 4 / 47 [April 1847]
[Signed] Thomas Smith C. A. [Civilian Assistant]
June 1847
Ordnance Survey - Wigtown county, OS Name Books - Wigtown county - Volume 18 - Parish of Inch, OS1/35/18
This volume contains information on place names found in the Wigtownshire parish of Inch.
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.