OS1/10/44/271
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARR MOOR | Barr Moor. | John Dryfe Esq. Barr James Pearson, Barr Cottages. The Revd. Dr. [Reverend Doctor] Simpson, Sanquhar |
6; 12; 13 | A farm consisting chiefly of sheep-pasture with a small proportion of arable land - the property of the Duke of Buccleuch and in the occupation of John Dryfe Esq. Barr: - The district to which this name applies is upon the whole of a bleak and rugged character, the higher lands towards its western boundary consisting of coarse heathy pasture among which the whinstone rock crops out or lies in scattered fragments on the surface in all directions; - on that side, more particularly forming the left bank of the Euchan, these rocks are so grouped in close propinquity as to assume at a distance the appearance of steep craigs. Barr signifies a height - Dr. [Doctor] McLeod's Gaelic Dictionary, in which he says, "It is worthy of observation that in almost all languages the word barr is found either simple or in Composition; and signifying height of one description or another". |
| THWARTER BURN | Thurter Burn, | James Pearson William Armstrong. Robert Hudson, |
005; 006; 012; 013 | A small burn rising on Drumbuie farm and falling into Kello Water a short distance to the north of Drumbuie plantation. There is no authority for the orthography of this name - possibly it should be written Tharter, originating in the Gaelic word Thar, over, across. See McLeod's Dict. [Dictionary] |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page:] 271,Parish of Sanquhar, -- Sheet 13.1 Trace No. [Number] 1.
[BARR MOOR - Situation:]
From Wn. [Western] Parish
Boundary East
to Wn. [Western] vicinity
of Sanquhar Burgh,
[THWARTER BURN - in the List of names column, the Name "Thwarter Burn" has been linked to the Descriptive Remarks text: "There is no authority for the orthography of this name - possibly it should be written Tharter" and the comment added:]
Adopted on the Plan
[THWARTER BURN - Situation:]
From the S,En. [South Eastern]
base of Brunt
Rigg - N N.E, [North North East]
to Kello Water.
[Page is signed:]
C. A. [Civilian Assistant] Thomas Matheson
Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
George Howat
Location information for this page.
