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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
FORT (Torr an t-Sean Chaisteil) Torr an Sean Chaisteal
Torr an Sean Chaisteal
Torr an Sean Chaisteal
A McKillop
M Mackay
Gaelic Orthography
238 An Eminence on the grazing of North Glen Sannox, deriving this name from an old fort or castle on its summit.
Sign [Signification] Knoll of the old Castle.
Fort A. McKillop
Robert Stoddart, Mid Sannox
M. Mackay
238 On the above Eminence There are distinct remains of a fort. It is of an Oval shape & about 120 feet in length the wall is clearly traceable being on the Southern Side about 3 ft. [feet] in height. There are small outworks at either extremity, the eastern appears to have defended the gate or entrance as shewn on trace.
No mention of it in any of the Accounts of the Antiquities of Arran.
CREAGAN LIATHA Creagan Leia
Creagan Leia
Creagan Liatha
A McKillop
M Mackay
Gaelic Orthography
238 A range of small precipitous rocks overlooking North Sannox.
Signification, Gray rocks.

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Island of Arran Parish of Kilbride

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