OS1/20/30/17

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
MILLDOWN Milldown
Milldown
Milldown
Milldoon
Milldown
Milldown
John Murray
David Hope
R. McAdam
Ainslies Map
Peter Kelly
A. McCutcheon
014 [Situation] Lying ¾ miles S.W. by W. [South West by West] of Loch Dungeon.
A Considerable hill or Mountain on the farm of Burnhead, its Surface Consists of rocky heathy pasture. 'It forms part of Kells Range'.
GARINNER STRAND Garunner Strand
Garunner Strand
Garunner Strand
Garinner Strand
Garinner Strand
John Murray
David Hope
R. McAdam
Peter Kelly
A, McCutcheon
014 [Situation] Running in a N. E. [North East] direction into the S.W. [South West] of [Loch Dungeon]
A Small Stream or burn taking its rise on the East Side of Milldown and running in an Easterly direction to its influx with Loch Dungeon.

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Parish of Kells [---] Kirkcudbt. [Kirkcudbright]

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42 Milldown - Milldown is from the Gaelic 'Maol dun' The bare hill
39 Garinner Strand
Garinner seems to be a
corrupn. [corruption] of the Gaelic Garbh inbhire.
Garbh coarse and Inbhir a confluence
of water, the mouth of a river or Stream
A name probably applied to the influx of
this burn with Loch Dungeon

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