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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CASTLEFERN WATER | Lochrinnie Burn Lochrinnie Burn Castlefern Water Castlefern Water Castlefern Water |
Robert Grierson William McNeil Dr. [Doctor] Scott John McLelland William Grierson See Name List P. 10. C |
011 | [Situation] Running Easterly past Lochrennie Moat and close by the N. [North] side of Lowabbey Wood A small stream or burn having its rise on the farm of Minnigrill and running in a S. [South] Easterly direction to its junction with Blackmark Burn & thence to the vicinity of Minnyhive where it is joined by two other Burns from which place it is called Cairn Water forms the county boundary for a short distance - on the N. [North] margin of this place. |
| LOCHRINNIE MOAT | Lochrinnie Moat Lochrinnie Moat |
William Scott Esqr. Robert Grierson |
011 | [Situation] About 2 1/8 Miles N.W. by W. [North West by West] of Loch Urr An Artificial Moat about 260 Links in length by 70 in Width, and having a fosse or cutting through it from North to South, which forms it into two parts, with a roadway or opening from one to the other across the above fosse. It is on the farm of Lochrinnie, And is traditionally handed down by the people of the locality, that it had been used in feudal times as a place whereon Law was dispensed. |
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[Page] 3Parish of Dalry
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41 Lochrinnie Burn
[Note] Loch raineaich, the lake of
the ferns.
47 Castlefern Water
[Note] In Sinclair's Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] and in
Fullarton & cos. [companies] Gazeteer of Scotland this
burn is called Castlefern Water.
See Remark
on Castlefern
Water in page 11
from Fullarton's
Gazeteer.
42 Lochrinnie Moat
[Note] "There is another moat in Lochrenny on
"the border of the parish, but it is not
"Conspicuous as it stands on low ground"
Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] of Kirkcudbright 1845
Page 370
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