Sources

Kerowra                   1507                        Reid, Wigtownshire Charters, no. 198

Kirrunray                 1587                        RMS 1580-1593, no. 1221

Kyrronh,                   1654                        Blaeu Atlas

Kerrinray                 1661                        Retours (Wigton) 134

Kerrniray                 1671                        Retours (Wigton) 155

Kairn Roue,             1684                        parish roll

Kirrinry,                   1747-55                   Roy

Kinnonrae,               1782                        Ainslie

Kinonrae,                 1821                        Ainslie

Kinnonrae,               1826                        Thomson

Kerronrae,               1849                        OS Six-inch 1^st Ed.

Kirranrae,                2015                        OS 1:25 Explorer Map 309

“Ceathramhaidh an reidha [carron an ray], land-quarter of the flat field. A name truly expressing the ground, which is a wide flat on the shores of Loch Ryan.” The Topography of Galloway. Maxwell 1887: 217

“Kirranrae … is ceathramh an rèidh, ‘quarterland of the level’, referring probably to the flat area between the modern village of Kirkcolm and the Wig.” MacQueen 2002: 43