OS1/3/14/118
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOCH GOOSEY | Loch Goosey Loch Goosey Loch Goosey |
William Dill William McCulloch John Jamieson |
068 | [Situation] Situated at the North end of the Plan partly in the parishes of Colmonell and Barr. A fresh water Loch about 28 chains long by about 20 wide, but very uneven in Shape it is deep and occasionally afords a few brown trout there is a low round Island on the South Side producing coppice, between it and the shore next to it is Shallow in Summer and can be forded there is the ruins of a Small House or rather Hut on it for what object it was erected Tradition does not say I think it was intended for a Decoy house as at the [present] time it is much resorted to by wild duck and likely has been by Geese in former times as the name of the Loch itself it is partly in the parish of Barr and partly in Colmonell the Parish Boundary going through it the joint property of Rigby Wason & J Eaton Esqr. Edinburgh. |
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[Page] 118Sheet 68 Plan 5 + 9 Parish of Colmonell & Barr
[Signed] Thomas O.Farrell
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