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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FINGLAND LANE | Fingland Lane | Johnston's County Map. James Baty. Alexander Stuart. William Wilson. |
001; 002 | [Situation] From Blood Moss on N [North] Wn. [Western] Parish Boundary. E. [East] S. [South E. [East] to Glengap Burn". A deep, sluggish stream, flowing from west to east through the [low] Swampy ground that lies between GlengobberRigg and white Hill It bears the name from its source in the Co [County] of Ayr through the Blood Moss until it falls into Glengap Burn at Fingland from which place it takes [its] name. |
| POLMARLACH BURN | Polmerlach Burn (pronounced) pimerlach or pimarlach Polmarlach Burn |
Alexander Stuart James Baty. John Laing. William Wilson. See Page 33 |
001; 005 | [Situation] On Wn [Western] Parish Boundary.- A small stream having its Source on the west side of Glengobber Rigg and flowing with a rapid descent in a northerly Course until it [enters] the Fingland Lane on the Edge of Blood Moss. From its source [until] its junction with the moss, its course forms the boundary between the Counties of Ayr and Dumfries. {The name is probably compounded of "poll" _ stream, & "leac", a [] "mear", wanton,} |
| BLOOD MOSS | Blood Moss. | William Wilson Alexander Stuart. John Laing. |
001 | A moss of inconsiderable Extent, situated to the south & at the base of Friar-minnan Hill. It may possibly have been so called from its dark [sombre] colour produced by a Combination of the crimson tints of the heather-flower with the dark brown of the loam which forms its Subsoil . |
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Parish of Kirkconnel-- Sheet 1.8. Trace No. 2-- [Page] 8[Signed] C. A [Civilian Assistant] Thomas Matheson
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