SHAWHEAD, a village, in the parish of Kirkpatrick-Ironghay,
stewartry of Kirkcudbright, 8 miles (W.) from Dumfries;
containing 84 inhabitants.
It is a very small place, in the southern quarter of the
parish, and contains one of two parochial schools. The
church is distant from it, north-eastward, about four
miles.