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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BORRACH Buarradh
Buarradh
Buarradh
Borraidh
Borran
Daniel Kennedy South Kiscadale
James Stewart South Kiscadale
Charles Cook Dippen
255.05 A large prominent hill very steep on the North, South, and east, but falling into a flat table land on the west.
I cannot learn from any person the origin of this name or what it is derived from, I have written it according to the various sounds as expressed by different parties. It is never called Torr, Knock, or any of the various terms applied to a hill
ALLT GARBH Allt Garbh Daniel Kennedy South Kiscadale James Stewart South Kiscadale Charles Cook Dippen 255.05 This stream has its source in Loch Leirg and running in a South easterly direction empties itself into Glen Ashdale.
CREAG BHÀN Craig Bàn Daniel Kennedy South Kiscadale James Stewart South Kiscadale Charles Cook Dippen 255.05 A huge chasm in the hill side some Sixty or Seventy feet deep through which the burn runs it is composed of high masses of Trap,
SILVERBANK Silverbank Silverbank Silverbank Estate Map
Mr. Paterson Tenant
Charles Cook Dipping
255.05 A local name for a farm Steading situate in South Kiscadale and erected by Mr. Paterson on building lease from the Duke of Hamilton.

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Parish of Kilbride

"Borrach" a kind of mountain grass

Borroch - A projecting bank

Creag Bhan- White Craig

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