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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
SLOC CHREMISGEO Sloc Chremisgeo Mr John Sinclair Island of Mingulay
Mr A McNeil
070 This name is applied to a small rocky creek situate on the East Coast of Mingulay and a short distance to the South of Hecla Point
HECLA POINT Hecla Point Mr John Sinclair Island of Mingulay
Mr A McNeil
Admiralty Chart
070 This name is applied to a headland on the SW [South West] of the Island of Mingulay and to the West? East of Hecla the property of John Gordon Esqr. of Cluny Castle, Aberdeenshire
CROIS AN T-SUIDEACHAIN Crois an t-Suidheachain Mr John Sinclair Island of Mingulay
Mr A McMeil
A A Carmichael Esq.
070 This name applies to a small spot with some traces of what appears to have been a building and is traditionally believed to have been a place of worship erected by a disciple of St. Coumba a few stones only are remaining Signifies the "Seat of the Cross."
SCHOOL [Mingulay] School Boys & Girls Mr John Sinclair Island of Mingulay
Mr A McNeil
070 This name is applied to the school in the hamlet on the Island of Mingulay It is under the control of the School Board it has a yearly average attendance of about 35 Boys & Girls it's thatched and in bad repair

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County of Inverness -- Parish of Barra -- Island of Mingulay

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