OS1/10/24/81
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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MEIN WATER | Mein Water | Blackwoods County Map Statistical Account of Dumfriesshire Fullartons Gazette |
057 | A considerable stream which rises at Minsca near the Northern Boundary of the Parish and runs in a southerly direction for 4 1/2 miles and then westward about 4 1/4 miles to the Annan at a point about 3/4 mile South from Hoddam Kirk. |
TRUMPET KNOWES | Trumpet Knowes | John Johnstone Poet Ecclefechan William Carruthers John Irving Supplebank |
057 | A small ridge of Conical shaped knows situated on the west end of the village of Ecclefechan. The knowes took their name from a small moss in shape like that of a trumpet, and situated near the same spot. The moss is now drained. |
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