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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
NETHER HILL Nether Hill
Nether Hill
John Wilson
Alexander Shaw
002 [Situation] About 1¾ Miles W. [West] of Clennoch
A small Eminence on Waterhead Hill, its surface consists of rocky pasture. On it is a Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Station called by Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Party "Waterhead".
GARRYWHINS Garrywhins
Garrywhins
William Sloan
Thomas Stewart
002 [Situation] 1 Mile W.by N. [West by North] of Clennoch
A small portion of rocky land situated on the North East side of Waterhead Hill, and on the farm of Waterhead.

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Parish of Carsphairn

Garrywhins apparently from the Gaelic
"Gairbh-chinn", literally "the coarse heads"
often applied to round lumps of rocks or
other objects

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DANIALSAN, Gerald Cummins

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