Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CULMICK BRIDGE | Culmick Bridge Culmick Bridge Culmick Bridge Culmick Bridge |
Alexander Ritchie William Wylie Abraham McWilliam G. Guthrie Esqr. |
016 | [Situation] 5/8 mile E [East] of the village of Lochans A well constructed stone Bridge of one arch (Span 30 feet) over the Pultanton Burn on the road leading from Stranraer to StoneyKirk the date 1768 cut in stone on the battlement would seem to intimate that it was built in that year This is a County Bridge |
| KILDROCHET | Kildrochat Kildrochat Kildrochat Kildrochat Kildrochet Kildrochet Kildrochet |
Robert Pringle Abraham McWilliam William Wylie Thomas Hunter Mr. Cumming Ainslie's Map 1782 Rl Engrs [Royal Engineers] Map 1819 |
016 | [Situation] 5/8 mile ESE [East South East] from the village of Lochans A tolerable good farm House without offices in midling repair and a Farm of arable Land attached occupied by Abraham McWilliam. the property of Major Maitland |
| DOUNAN HILL | Dounan Hill Dounan Hill Dounan Hill Dounan Hill |
Abraham McWilliam Robert Pringle Robert McMeikan William Wylie |
016 | [Situation] About 7/8 mile ESE [East South East] from the village of Lochans A small Hill on the Farm of Kildrochet on it is a Trig [Trigonometrical] Station called by Trig [Trigonometrical] Party Kildrochat. The track of an ancient, Moat or Cairn can be seen on this Hill but there is no account in the neighbourhood what it was |
Continued entries/extra info
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Parish of Stoneykirk
Form 136
Page 77 Culmick Bridge
87 - Kildrochet
89- Dounan Hill
[Note] "Cill" - A Churchyard or Burying Ground
"Drochaid" - a Bridge - Gaelic Dictionary
Cill-nan-Drochaid: Bruying ground
or Burying point at the Bridge
[Note] Hills of the same name occur in the western part of the County.
they have been spelt "Dounan" as above. the (u) is adopted here
to preserve an uniform mode of spelling. W.S.L.
Ordnance Survey - Wigtown county, OS Name Books - Wigtown county - Volume 37 - Parishes of Portpatrick, Inch and Stoneykirk, OS1/35/37
This volume contains information on place names found in the Wigtownshire parishes of Portpatrick, Inch, and Stoneykirk.
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.