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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BURNFOOT Burnfoot
Burnfoot
Burnfoot
Genl. [General] Sir Alexander Wallace
Ainslie's Map 1782
Admiralty Chart of Loch Ryan 1839
005 [Situation] 10 chains N.W. [North West] of Loch Ryan House
A very small village consisting at present of two inhabitants and four ruined houses . Also a Chapel of Ease to the Parish Church of Inch. -
WHITE CAVE White Cave
White Cave
John McCleary James Early 005 [Situation] 8 Chains S.by W. [South By West] of Galloway Bridge
A natural Cave situated a short distance from the High Water Mark on the Eastern Shore of Loch Ryan, and near the Turnpike Road leading from Cairn Ryan to Ballantrae. -
DOVE CAVE Dove Cave
Dove Cave
John McCleary
James Early
005 [Situation] 1/4 Mile South of galloway Bridge
A natural cave close by the high Water Mark, in the face of a Precipice. planted with Oak Trees. the cave runs for about 1 chain in an easterly direction and is on the eastern shore of Loch Ryan. - Both of these caves are much resorted to by Pigeons-

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