OS1/35/87/69

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  3. Wigtownshire OS Name Books, 1845-1849
  4. Wigtownshire, volume 87
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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
GALLIE HEUGHS Gallie Heughs
Gallie Heughs		 John Brown
Richard Gibson		 036 [situation] About 3/8 mile West of Mull of Galloway Lighthouse
A range of precipices overhanging a long projecting rock from which the heughs taKes the name.-
DIAMOND Diamond
Diamond		 John Brown
Richard Gibson		 036 [situation] 31 chains west of Mull of Galloway Lighthouse
The point of a precipice where a valuable stone was once found hence the name
SCART CAVE Scart Cave
Scart Cave		 John Brown
Richard Gibson		 036 [situation] About 23 chains west of Mull of Galloway Lighthouse
A Cave of Small extent the entrance of which is below high water mark & is constantly innundated.- It affords refuge to birds called Scarts hence the name.-

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Parish of Kirkmaiden

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Kirkmaiden Parish, Wigtownshire County

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Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Wigtownshire, Sheet 36 Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Wigtownshire, Sheet 36