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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
SHALLOCH BURN Shalloch Burn
Shalloch Burn
Shalloch Burn
Thomas Stewart
John Wilson
Ainslies Map.1820
002 [Situation] Rising at the base of Sware Brae & running Westerly
A small Stream having its rise on the farm of Moor and running in a Westerly direction to its conflux with the Water of Deugh.
NICK OF THE SWARE Nick of the Swere
Nick of the Swere
William Sloan
Thomas Stewart
002 [Situation] About 1 Mile W.N.W. [West North West] of Clennoch
A small hollow between the hills of Waterhead and Swere Brae, its surface consists of rocky pasture. This name is very applicable to the place as Sware or Swere is a Scotch term for a level spot between hills.

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Parish of Carsphairn


Nick of the Sware
Sware, The most level spot
between two hills. The declination of
a hill or mountain near its summit
Jamiesons Scottish Dictionary

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