History of the Parish

of New Cumnock

by Robert Guthrie

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NEW CUMNOCK

PLACE-
NAMES

'Hills &
Mosses'

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New Cumnock

Water Features

Hills and Mosses

Settlements

Boundaries

Christian Sites

Wallace & Bruce

House of Rheged

Index

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Hills and Mosses of New Cumnock

'Thomas Randell was ane off tha,

Come intill Cumnock to sek the king

That wes weill war of that cummyng

And wes up in the strenthis then

And with him weill four hundred men.'

Craig

Cor-

Knipe- , Knock-, Knowe-

Ben-, Bar-,

Drum-, Rig

Al-, Lorg, Mon-

Others

Moss, Bal-

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River Nith

River

Nith

Afton

Water

Connel

Burn

Carcow

Burn

Kello

Water

DUMFRIESSHIRE

KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE

PARISH OF NEW CUMNOCK

craig

knipe, knock

cor-

al-

drum-, ridge

The words of John Barbour from his epic 'The Bruce',
retelling of the king taking refuge at Cumnock 'up in the
strenthis', i..e. the hills of what is now upland parish of
New Cumnock. The names of these hills reflect many of
the hill place-name elements found throughout Scotland.

mon-