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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIG HIGHCLEUCH | Big High Cleugh Big High Cleugh Big High Cleugh Big Highcleuch Big Haycleugh |
John Anderson David Hunter Christopher Anderson Revd. Dr. [Reverend Doctor] Simpson of Sanquhar, Estate Plan (1831) |
003 | [Situation] About 30 Chains North from Little Highcleugh A small stream which has its rise on the West of Glenrae Dod. runs in a small narrow ravine into Wanlock Water. Big Highcleugh is the name it gets which implies the burn and Cleugh Name applies to a narrow and not very deep ravine through which a stream flows. |
| GLENRAE DOD | Clanery Dod Clanery Dod Clanery Dod Clanery Dod Glenrae Dod Clanery Dod Clennery |
John Anderson Christopher Anderson David Hunter Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Diagram of Duke of Buccleuch,s Estate in Sanquhar Revd. Dr. [Reverend Doctor] Simpson of Sanquhar, the pronunciation, by the people in the District, Estate Map. 1831. |
004 | [Situation] 6 Miles N.N.E [North North East] from Sanquhar Burgh. A hill feature of considerable altitude. The etymology of this name is corrected by Dr. [Doctor] Simpson of Sanquhar who states that Clan is a corruption from the Celtic signifying a Glen, and "Rae" denotes yellow, and Dod from "German" denotes a hill and that Glenrae Dod is the correct Mode, |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 19,Parish of Sanquhar -- Plan 3.9. Trace 1.
[Page is signed]
M. Donohue 25th July 1856.
Transcriber's notes
GLENRAE DOD- One of the authors of the page uses 'comma' instead of 'apostrophe', I have transcribed as written.
A transcription table entry for FORKINGS, map reference 003, has been deleted - it is struck out on the page and does not appear in the index for this volume.
The entry for FORKINGS has been struck out with the comment:
A Scotch term applicable to the junction or point
of separation of several streams.- It cannot be afsumed [assumed]
as a proper Name.-
Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
George Howat
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