Palnure Burn, a rivulet of Minnigaff parish, W Kirkcudbrightshire, rising at an altitude o 612 feet above sea-level, and running l1½ miles south-south-westward -for the first 1¼ mile along the boundary with Girthon, and for the last 13/8 mile along that with Kirkmabreck- till it falls into the Cree at a point 2¾ miles NNW of Creetown. It is navigable to Palnure or Palnure Bridge, a village in Minnigaff parish, on the right bank of the stream, with a small q ay for vessels of 60 tons, and a station on the Dumfries and Portpatrick section of the Caledonian, 3¼ miles ESE of Newton-Stewart.Ord. Sur., sh. 4, 1857.
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