Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FELL OF CAIRN PIOT | Fell of Cairn Piot Fell of Cairn Piot Fell of Cairn Piot |
Alexander McGregor Farmer Challoch Hill via Portpatrick James Dorman Colfin (via) Portpatrick John Edger Craigmoodie (via) Stranraer |
016 | A large tract of high Land the soil of which is Rocky heathy Pasture. On the Summit of which there is. the Ruins of An Ancient Cairn. of A circular Shape. Dafended by Five Walls. Parallel to each other & about 70 links apart. These fences has evidently been erected as A Fortification or place of Strength. & is thought to have been Built by the Ancient Picts. There Circular fences ar still quite visible. Although All the New fences near its Neighbourhood & Some houses has been built of the Stones taken therefrom. Cairn Piot or Cairn Pat. Its on A farm of that Name. & on the Cairn there Stands A Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Station Call'd by theTrigl. [Trigonometrical] Party Cairn Point. There is A very extensive view of the Surrounding Cuntery & the North Coast of Ireland. The Farm of Cairn Piot is the Property of Thomas Hunter Blair Esqr. Dunskey |
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Plan 16C -- List of Names collected by Private William BirKby 1st. Examiner -- [Page] 45
Trace No 3 -- [Parish of] Portpatrick
Object
Fell of Cairn Piot - Hill
[Signed] William BirKby
Pe R S [Private Royal Sappers] & Miners 14th. May 1847
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.