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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIVER CAIRN | River Cairn | 027 | A considerable river formed principally by the confluence of 3 burns or streams near Minnihive viz. Dalwhat water. Cas Fairn water and Craigdarroch water, thence receiving many other tributary Streams the principal of which is a large burn usually called Old Water of Cleuden. It continues its course in an easterly direction passing by Dunscore, a little below which it receives the name of Cleuden River and retains this name to its influx with the River Nith. in the S.E. [South East] corner of the Parish of Holywood near the old College of Lincluden The river abounds in fine burn trouts, pikes, Salmon, sea trout, & herlings. |
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