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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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BROWN DOD | Brown Dod Brown Dod Brown Dod |
James Mcnaught Thomas Stewart Robert Brown |
002 | [Situation] Adjoining Long Knowe on the East. A considerable hill near Crossbank. the name has been established many years. |
PEAT RIG | Peat Rig Peat Rig Peat Rig |
James Mcnaught Thomas Stewart Robert Brown |
002; 006 | [situation] About 1/2 mile S. E. [South East] from Thort Rigg . A considerable hill near Crossbank. the name is well Known in the locality. |
GREEN BRIAN | Green Bran Green Bran Green Bran Green Brin Green Bron, Bri, a rising ground, an. one. or diminutive of |
James Mcnaught Thomas Stewart Robert Brown Mr Anderson McLeod's Gaelic Dictionary |
002 | [situation] Adjoing Peat Rigg on the N.E. [North East] A hillside about a mile north of Crossbank. It derives its name from its green appearance. Pronounced Green Bran Consequently Green Bryn (i.e. [that is] Green hill) is the proper orthography, _ Green Bryn (the latter Gaelic) would imply - a green dream. _ The word is compd. [compiled] of Brin. and an. the Green Brae |
Sware Gutter | Sware Gutter Sware Gutter Sware Gutter |
James Mcnaught Thomas Stewart Robert Brown |
[situation] From Peat Rigg N. [North] to Spango Water._ A Rivulet having its source at the foot of Peat Rig and falls into Spango Water. |
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[Page] 49Parish of Kirkconnell
Plan 2.11 Trace 3
[signed] Philip Munro
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