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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOCHAR MOSS | Lochar Moss Lochar Moss Lochar Moss Lochar Moss Lochar Moss Lochar Moss Lochar Moss |
Mr. Kirkpatrick Mr. Paterson Mr. Wilkin Gazr.[Gazetteer] of Scotland Stat. Acc: [Statistical Account] of Dumfries Singer's Agril. [Agricultural] Survey Johnstone's Co. [County] Map |
049; 050; 055; 056 | [Situation] To the E. [East] adjoining Burnt Firs. An extensive morass in the parishes of Dumfries, Caerlaverock, Tinwald, Torthorwald. Mousewald, and Ruthwell, stretches northward form the Solway Firth in a stripe of 10 miles in length and from 2 to 3 miles in breadth, and over its whole length is nearly a dead level, considerable portions of this moss are Reclaimed and Still a reclaiming, it supplies Dumfries and its locality with part of their fuel. Tradition asserts that this moss was Originally covered with wood, next inundated by the sea and navigable to nearly its head, and next choked up by the wreck of vegetation and the deposits of the Solway tide and this transmuted into a morass. the people around this moss preserve the above Tradition as follows. First a wood, and then a Sea, Now a moss, and e'er will be |
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