OS1/10/44/173

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BIRK BURN Birk Burn. Robert Hudson Drumbuie
William Armstrong Drumbuie
James Pearson Barr Moor
006 A considerable stream having its
Source on the high ground bounding
the farm of Drumbuie on the south
and flowing in a generally northern
direction until it falls into Kello
Water.
The district through which
the Birk Burn flows is bleak &
uninteresting until it approaches
the Kello where some good arable
land is found on both its banks,
- here somewhat steep and rugged
and clothed with birch trees from
which it is said the burn de-
-rives its name,
THWARTER BURN Thurter Burn,


Thwarter Burn
John Dryfe.
James Pearson.
William Blackwood,
Johnston's County Map
005; 006; 012; 013 A small stream rising on the high
ground forming the southern limit
of Drumbuie farm and flowing
in a northerly direction until it
falls into Kello Water,
The orthography of this name is
gathered from its pronunciation
I seems to be the Scotch word Thwarter or Thorter
signifying that this Stream has a Zigzag or Crooked Course. -

Continued entries/extra info

[Page:] 173,
Parish of Sanquhar -- Sheet 6.13 Trace No. [Number] 1,

[BIRK BURN - Situation:]
From a little
South of SEn. [South Eastern]
extremity of Drumbuie
Plantation N. [North] by E [East] &c [et cetera]
to Kello Water. -

[THWARTER BURN - Situation:]
From S. En. [South Eastern] side
of Brunt Rigg N, [North]
to Kello Water. -

[Page is signed:]
Thomas Matheson C. A. [Civilian Assistant]

Transcriber's notes

BIRK BURN - two Authorities are assigned to Drumbuie using a bracket, I have transcribed as if 'ditto'.
- I am uncertain about the direction in the Situation column - I have transcribed as 'N. by E&c'.

LANG SIKE - there was originally an entry in the transcription table for this name, but it does not appear on the image. Page OS1/10/44/178 contains the entry but had no corresponding row in the transcription table. I therefore have deleted the row here and added one on OS1/10/44/178. Map references 006; 013 have been copied onto the new entry, and should be checked.

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George Howat

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