OS1/20/1/3
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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POLNASKIE BURN | Polnaskie Burn Polnaskie Burn Polnaskie Burn |
William Seaton William Wilson James Sloan |
002 | [Situation] Running S. [South] Westerly from Sunkhead Moss A small Stream or burn having its rise on Sunkhead Moss and running in a S. [South] Westerly direction to its influx with Loch Muick. |
SUNKHEAD MOSS | Sunkhead Moss Sunkhead Moss |
William Seaton William Wilson |
002 | [Situation] About 1¾ Miles W.S.W [West, South, West] of Brownhill A small tract of Moss on the farm of Meadowhead, and Situated at the North Side of BenbracK.- |
BENBRACK | Benbrack Benbrack Benbrack |
William Seaton William Wilson James Sloan |
002 | [Situation] About 1¾ Miles S.W. [South, West] by W. [West] of Brownhill A considerable hill on the farm of Meadowhead, its surface consists of rocky heathy pasture. On it is a Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Station called by Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Party "Dranscar". |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 3Parish of Carsphairn
Form 136
Page 15 - Polnaskie Burn
15- Sunkhead Moss
16- Benbrack
[Note]
This name appears to be the
Gaelic words Poll an uisge i.e.
the deep Stream of Water which as a
name does not convey proper sense & therefore
must have originally some other epithet added such as
duibh or buidh prefixed to it in order to make proper sense as a name
[Note]
Beinn, breac, the Spotted hill,
Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
Chr1smac -Moderator, Missus SW, Gerald Cummins
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