Kirranrae
Ceathramh an Rèidhe
Meaning
land-quarter of the flat field
Location
Wigtownshire
Dumfries and Galloway
DG9
NX02956835
English / Map Form: Kirranrae
Gaelic Form: Ceathramh an Rèidhe
Post Town: STRANRAER
Postcode area: DG9
County: Wigtownshire
Local Authority: Dumfries and Galloway
English / Map Form: Kirranrae
Gaelic Form: Ceathramh an Rèidhe
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 1st 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