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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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KEIR HILLS | Keir Hills Keir Hills Keir Hills Keir Hill Keir Hill |
Rev. Mr. Menzies Mr. F. Hunter Esq. Mr. Smith Penfillan Stat: Acc: [Statistical Account] of Dumfries Fullarton's Gazetteer |
031 | [Situation] At No. 38 on Trace 5. On the western side of Parish & stretching through Waterside Capenoch Beuchan and Barjarg Moors. A lofty ridge of Mountain rough & heathy, extending from Barhill Southwards and forms a remarkable feature, in the county the name is well known, and includes the highland of the different moor in Keir Parish. |
BARR HILL | Barhill Barr Hill Barr Hill Barr Hill |
Crawfords Map of Co. [County] Rev. [Reverend] Mr. Menzies Mr. H Smith James Hyslop |
031 | [Situation] At No. 20 on Trace 2. About 40 chains S.W. [South West] of Linnhead Rigg. An eminence forming a feature and part of Keir Hill partly in two Estates which causes it to be sometimes called Waterside Hill or Blackchub viz from the Estate in which the summit stands, the correct name is Barhill, the base of which extends along into the Bar farm, adjoining |
WAUK HILL | Waulk Hill Waulk Hill Waulk Hill Wauch Hill Waulk Hill Walk Hill Waugh Hill |
Mr. Hoggan Bellevue Mr. Smith Crawford's Co. [County] Map of Dumfries Rev. [Reverend] Mr. Menzies Mr. Hyslop See Page 53 See Page 53 |
031 | [Situation] At No. 38 on Trace 5. On the South-Western Parish Boundary near centre of Keir Hills. A hill feature on the Keir Hills and is a name well known but pronounced and written Walk Hill the common name is Waulk Hill and is the original Scotish mode of writing this name. See Page 53. |
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[Page] 38Parish of Keir -- Sheet 31/9
[Signed] M. Donohue
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