Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENNAN | Bennan | Samuel Stroyan Carsbowie Kirkcowan | 013 | A small uncomfortable Cottage on the farm of Bennan hill, the property of Col. [Colonel] Blair of Penningham House. |
| BENNAN HILL | Bennan Hill | Samuel Stroyan Corsbowie Kirkcowan | 013 | A small hill, partly covered with fir trees, with a Trig [Trigonometrical] Station on its Summit. The property of Col. [Colonel] Blair Penningham |
| CORROR HILL | Corror hill | Peter Gordon Drumbuie Kirkcowan | 012 | A small hill mostly arable, with a Trig. [Trigonometrical] point on it, about one mile NW [North West] of Kirkcowan on the farm of Drumbuie and about 20 chains N.W. [North West] of Drumbuie farm house. |
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Plan 13C
List of Names collected by Michael Hayes Private RS [Royal Sappers &] Miners final Examiner
Trace 1
[Object]
Bennan - House
Bennan Hill - Hill
Corror hill - Hill
[Parish] Kirkcowan
[Pencil note] " -- a farm -- farm
-- such as
-- house small object -
- should seriously -- to some adjacent
-well known bridge or house & -- "
[Signed] Michael Hayes Pt [Private]
RS [Royal Sappers &] Miners
11th April 1846
Transcriber's notes
There is a pencil note next to the entry for Corror hill, but it is mostly erased and not legible enough to be transcribed.
Ordnance Survey - Wigtown county, OS Name Books - Wigtown county - Volume 31 - Parishes of Kirkcowan and Penninghame, OS1/35/31
This volume contains information on place names found in the Wigtownshire parishes of Kirkcowan and Penninghame.
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.