OS1/20/15/16

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  2. Ordnance Survey Name Books
  3. Kirkcudbrightshire OS Name Books, 1848-1851
  4. Kirkcudbrightshire, Volume 15
  5. OS1/20/15/16
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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
PULMADDY BURN Pulmaddy Burn
Pulmaddy Burn
Polmaddy Burn		 Thomas Crosby
Robert McAdam
Ainslies Map. 1820		 008; 009 [Situation] Running Easterly &. receiving Goat Burn, Blaree Burn &c,
A considerable stream or burn having its rise between "Corserine" and "Carlin's Cairn" and running in an Easterly direction, forming a boundary line betwixt the parishes of Kells and Carsphairn, to its confluence with the Water of Deugh. Salmon ascends to near the head of this stream in the Spawning Season.
ACQUAINTANCE HILL Acquaintance Hill
Acquaintance Hill		 Thomas Crosby
John Fadzen		 008; 009 [Situation] About 2 1/8 Miles North of Loch Harrow
A small hill on the farm of Castlemaddy, its surface consists of rough pasture and a few rocks interspersed. On it is a Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Station called by Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Party "Sheils Craig".

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[Page] 16
Parish of Carsphairn

Form 136
Page 47 -- Pulmaddy Burn
46 --Acquaintance Hill


[Note] Poll madadh. The wolf's stream

  Transcribers who have contributed to this page.

Chr1smac -Moderator, Gerald Cummins

  Location information for this page.

Carsphairn Parish, Kells Parish, Kirkcudbrightshire County, Minnigaff Parish

  Linked mapsheets.

Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Kirkcudbrightshire, Sheet 8 Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Kirkcudbrightshire, Sheet 8
Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Kirkcudbrightshire, Sheet 9 Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Kirkcudbrightshire, Sheet 9