OS1/10/26/18
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOCHAR MOSS | Lochar Moss Lochar Moss Lochar Moss |
David Bell Mr Mather Gazetteer of Scotland |
049; 050; 055; 056 | [Situation] About 15/8 miles E. by N. [East by North] of Dumfries. An extensive Morass in the parish of Dumfries. Caerlaverock,Tinwald, Torthorwald,Mousewald and Rut---, it stretches Northward from the Solway Firth in a stripe of 10 --- in length and 2 to 3 miles in breadth and over its whole extent is nearly a dead level. Considerable portions of this moss is reclaimed and is still a reclaiming. It supplies Dumfries and its locality with part of their fuel. Tradition asserts that this moss was originally covered with wood, then inundated by the sea and navigable nearly to its head and next choked up by the wreck of vegetation and the deposits of the Solway Tides and thus transmuted into a Morass. The p--- around this moss preserves the above tradition as follows "First a Wood, and then a Sea" "Now a Moss, and e'er will be" |
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