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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
SHALLOCH ON MINNOCH Shalloch on Minnoch
Shalloch on Minnoch
Shalloch on Minnoch
Shalloch on Minnock
E B Wallace
J Gibson
D. McKie
Johnstons Co, [County] Map
063 [Situation] Situated in the S. E [South East] of plan.
A well-known hill situated on the E.[East] bank of the Water of Minnoch, reaching a greater elevation than any in the County of Ayr. The Ascent from the Minnoch presents a gradual unbroken surface, on the E. [East] side craggy & abrupt. It is the property of the Marquis of Ailsa.

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Caerloch Dhu - entry scored through

"A fourth range rises to 2700 feet. It runs in an
"opposite direction along the banks of the Minnoch, and
"forms the commencement of that line of almost
"mountainous elevation which stretches from Ayrshire
"into Galloway."
Stat [statistical] Acct. [Account] 1842

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