OS1/20/26/20

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  2. Ordnance Survey Name Books
  3. Kirkcudbrightshire OS Name Books, 1848-1851
  4. Kirkcudbrightshire, Volume 26
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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
RIG OF THE GLOON Rig of the Gloon
Rig of the Gloon		 Robert Wilson
John Lambie		 013 [Situation] About 1 Mile S. [South] East of Black Gutter,
A portion of the South Side of [the] "Merrick" extending S. [South] East And N. [North] West And Situated between the Gloon & Kirn Burns. [Its] Surface is rocky pasture [interspersed] with tumbling rocks. "gloon" Signifies gloomy & this is [a] dark, dreary, place hence the name.
KIRN BURN Kirn Burn
Kirn Burn		 Robert Wilson
John Lambie		 013 [Situation] Running in a Southerly direction to its junction with Buchan Burn
A Small stream rising near the top of the "Merrick" And flowing in a South easterly direction empties itself into Buchan [Burn] Convenient to "Rig of Culsharg ".

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Parish of Minnigaff - [Page] 20

Form 136
Page 45 - Rigs of the Gloon
45 - Kirn Burn

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Kirkcudbrightshire County, Minnigaff Parish

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Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Kirkcudbrightshire, Sheet 13 Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Kirkcudbrightshire, Sheet 13