OS1/20/26/31

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  2. Ordnance Survey Name Books
  3. Kirkcudbrightshire OS Name Books, 1848-1851
  4. Kirkcudbrightshire, Volume 26
  5. OS1/20/26/31
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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BLACK GAIRY Black Gairy Robert Wilson N Culsharg Newton Stewart
Robert McMillan N&S Palgown Newton Stewart		 013 A large Rocky precipice of considerable elevation extending East and West along the Northern Sides of the MerricK and GarlaiKen forming a prominent feature in the distance, from the Road between Ayr and Newton Stewart, Mr. Robert McMillan of Palgown says that Eagles are in the habit of building here-
GARLAIKEN Garlaiken 013 See Descriptive remarKs of Trace No. 3 P. 13B

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List of Names collected by John Bray C.A. [Civilian Assistant] 1st. Examiner -- [Page] 31 -- Parish of Minnigaff -- Plan 13B. Trace 1

Object - Black Gairy - A Precipice
- Garlaiken - A Hill


[Signed] John Bray C.A. [Civilian Assistant] July 7th. 1849

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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