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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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POLNASKIE BURN | Polnaskie Burn Polnaskie Burn |
William Seaton Robert McCrae |
004 | [Situation] Runs into Loch Muck in Ayrshire, at the distance of 3/4 mile N.N.W. [North North West] of Meadowhead - A small stream having its rise on the farm of Meadowhead and running in a Westerly direction to its influx with Loch MucK. during part of its course it forms a boundary line betwixt the Counties of Ayr and Kirkcudbright |
POLNASKIE BRIDGE | Polnaskie Bridge Polnaskie Bridge |
William Seaton Robert McCrae |
004 | [Situation] About 3/4 mile N. by W. [North by West] of Meadowhead farm house, A small stone built bridge of one arch crossing PolnasKie Burn on the road leading from Carsphairn to Dalmellington, it is a "County Bridge" |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 5Parish of Carsphairn
[Note Polnaskie Burn] -- This name appears tolerable plain to be
the Gaelic words Poll an uisge i,e, The deep
Stream of water, which is rather a sort of pleonism
& therefore must have originally some other epithet
perhaps such as duibh or buidh prefixed to it
in order to make proper sense
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Moira L- Moderator, Gerald Cummins
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