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WINDY STANDARD Windy Standard
Windy Standard
Windy Standard		 William Wilson
James Sloan
Ainslie's Map 1820		 002 [Situation] About 2 miles SE [South East] of Dun Hill.
A considerable mountain on the farms of Moor and Nether Holm, its surface consists of good pasturage but rocky. On its summit is a Trigl.[Trigonometrical] Station called by Trigl.[Trigonometrical] Party "Winny Standard E. [East]. This hill commands a good prospect of the Surrounding Country. and forms a Small range of hills of which Trostan Hill is part

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Parish of Carsphairn

Windy Standard - Form 136 page 34

  Transcribers who have contributed to this page.

DANIALSAN, Gerald Cummins

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Carsphairn Parish, Kirkcudbrightshire County

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Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Kirkcudbrightshire, Sheet 2 Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Kirkcudbrightshire, Sheet 2