OS1/10/30/89

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  3. Dumfriesshire OS Name Books, 1848-1858
  4. Dumfriesshire volume 30
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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
THE COUP The Coup
The Coup
The Coup		 James Williamson
Murray Jenkins
Robert Williamson		 005 [situation] Nearly on NEn. [North Eastern] Parish Boundary About 32/3 miles N. W. from Kirkconnel Village.
A small height which was used formerly for couping coals into carts, It still retains that name
PEAT BRAE Peat Brae
Peat Brae
Peat Brae		 James Williamson
Murray Jenkins
Robert Williamson		 005 [situation] Adjoining the Coup on the South.
A small brae south of the Coup its land forms good pasture,

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Parish of Kirkconnell Plan 5.2 Trace 2

[note at The Coup] Coup is a term applied when there is a sudden break off in the strata - probably referring here to the substrata of Coal or other mineral.

[signed] James Hill Lc.Copl.R.E [Lance Corporal Royal Engineers]

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Dumfriesshire County, Kirkconnel Parish

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Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Dumfriesshire, Sheet V Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Dumfriesshire, Sheet V