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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
PENAGHRIGH HEIGHT Penachrigh Height William Stewart
John Laing
William Wilson
001 [situation] On N.Wn. [North Western] Parish Boundary.
A hill on the Knowe Farm at the head of Penachrigh Burn. The boundary betn. [between] the Counties of Ayr and Dumfries passes over its summit.
WILLIE'S BURN Willie's Burn William Stewart
The Rev. [Reverend] - Donaldson
William Wilson
John Laing
001; 005 [situation] From Sn. [Southern] Slope of Mid Rigg, S. E. [South East] to Glenwharry Burn
A small stream rising to the South west of Penachrigh Height and after receiving the Penachrigh Burn flows in a south easterly direction until it falls into .
PENAGHRIGH BURN Penachrigh Burn William Stewart
William Wilson
Archibald Brown
001 [situation] Between Mid Rigg and Penachrigh Height
A small stream rising on the side of the ridge of hills that bounds the Valley of the Nith on the North and flowing in a Southerly direction for a short distance falls into Willie's Burn.

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Parish of Kirkconnell Sheet 1.15 Trace No 4

[note at Penachrigh Height] Cancelled, being a very subordinate name, comprised under the general name of the hill feature "Glenwharry Rig"
see N. [Name] Book of NewCumnock Ph [Parish] Page 85 [signed] J. Bayly CaptRE [Captain Royal Engineers]

[signed] C. A. [Civilian Assistant] Thomas Matheson

Transcriber's notes

It is unclear if Penachrigh Height (pre-entered) was meant to stand or not. The Place Entry only has been CROSSED OUT, and a note by Captain Bayly says it is cancelled, but the Description etc have NOT been crossed out, and the name has been ticked

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