OS1/17/25/24

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
ALLT NAN COILEACH-DUBHA Allt nan Coileach-dubha Rev: [Reverend] Evan Gordon
Mr Evan Macbean
Mr D. Grant, Coulnamoel
034 These woods signify "Stream of the Black Cocks" and are applied to a small burn rising near Coulnamoel farm flowing south easterly and joining Achnahanet Burn some distance south from where Allt Mòr enters on it [Situation] In the parish of Duthil and Rothiemurchus
RYNRUICH Rynruich
Rynruich
Rynruich
Rev: [Reverend] Evan Gordon
Mr Evan Macbean
Mr Alexander Grant
034 A small farm house with suitable offices attached, one storey high and in bad repair. Property of the Earl of Seafield. [Situation] In the Parish of Cromdale Inverallan and Advie.
CASTLE (In Ruins) [Loch an Eilein] Castle (In Ruins)
Castle (In Ruins)
Castle (In Ruins)
Castle (In Ruins)
Mr. McIntosh, Dell, Rothiemurchus
Revd [Reverend] A. McIntyre, Rothiemurchus
Mr Galbraith Schoolmaster
Estate Plan
073 This castle is situated on a small Island near the north end of "Loch an Eilein" and the walls of which are in some parts five feet thick and about 30 feet high The Speyside guide says: "On a small Island in the centre of Loch an Eilein is the ruins of a Castle which once belonged to the Wolf of Badenoch but is now only tenanted by the Eagle whose eyry is to be seen on the top of the ruins.*Standing near the boathouse and speaking, when looking towards the Castle a remarkable echo is heard. The echo is said to proceed from a low arched door way in one of the side walls. Nothing is known of the date of its erection.

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