OS1/10/53/44

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  3. Dumfriesshire OS Name Books, 1848-1858
  4. Dumfriesshire volume 53
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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
DIRN BURN Dirn Burn
Dirn Burn		 John Armstrong Kirkton Hill
John Glendinning Rig		 036 [Situation] Flows 1/2 Mile S.W. [South West] of Mellion Muir.
A Stream which rises at the East Side of Brown Rig and flows in a Southern direction till it joins the Rig Burn,
CLEEKMERK BURN Cleemerk Burn
Cleekmerk Burn		 John Armstrong Kirkton Hill
John Glendinnig Rig		 036 [Situation] Flows about 1/4 of a Mile S.W. [South West] of Mellion Muir.
A small stream which rises at the North Side of Mellion Muir and flows in Westerly direction till it joins the Dirn Burn.
MARGEN GILL Margen Gill
Margen Gill		 John Armstrong
John Glendinning		 036 [Situation] About 1/4 of a Mile N.W. [North West] of Mellion Muir.
A glen through which flows A Small Stream which rises at the South Side of Mellion Muir and flows in a Westerly direction till it joins the Cleek Merk.
MELLION MUIR Mellion Muir
Mellion Muir		 John Armstrong
John Glendinning		 036 [Situation] About 1/2 Mile N.W. [North West] of Megs Shank.
A Considerable eminence of a Somewhat Conical Shape on the farm of Georgefield it is Situated North of the Rig Burn and East of the Dirn burn. The Surface of which is Covered with Heathy Pasture and on its Summit is a Trig [Trigonometrical] Station.
BROWN RIG Brown Rig See Name Sheet 36 No 2

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Parish of Westerkirk -- Sheet 36 No 6 Trace 1

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