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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BENAW Benaw
Benaw
Benaw
Beniaw
James McIlraith Esqr.Auchenflower by Ballantrae
Rev. [Reverend] William Dill Colmonell
Rev. [Reverend] William Moore Barrhill
William Mc Culloch Esqr. Glendusk
070 A large prominent Mossy pasture hill about 1000 feet high with Regular Sloping Sides from its base to its Summit. Composed of deep peat Moss its surface is much broken on the east side it forms a range with Beneraird but is not so high. The property of Henry Hughes Onslow Esq. Altonalbany Barr.-
Situation - at the South east end of the parish of Ballantrae
CROSS WATER OF LUCE Cross Water of Luce
Cross Water of Luce
Cross Water of Luce
Cross Water of Luce
James McIlraith Esq.
William Dill Colmonell
William Moore Barrhill -
William Mc Culloch Esq. Glendusk
011 A stream flowing from the east base of Benaw in a southerly direction till it forms the Water of Luce in Wigtonshire - it divides Ballantrae from Colmonell, thence it becomes the boundary between Wigton and Ayr at which place it becomes a rapid stream or rather river.
Thomas O'Farrell ca [civilian assistant]
29th July 1854

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