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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
ARDMAREE Ardmaree

Aird Maol-rithe
Ardmaree
Revd [Reverend] Mr H. McDonald.
Lachlin McKillop.
AA. Carmichael Esq.
D. McLean Schoolmaster
026 The English signification of this word is not well Known it is supposed to signify "King, or Royalty, the name applies to a point of land situate on south-east side of the island of Berneray. Lord. Dunmore, proprietor
STANDING STONE [Cladh Maolrithe] Cladh Maolrithe

Cladh Maol-rithe
Revd [Reverend] Mr H. McDonald.
Lachlin McKillop.
AA. Carmichael Esq.
026 This name is supposed to signify "King, or Royal", it applies to what is pointed out as an old Graveyard and site of Chapel, and Maolrithe is supposed to have been the name that this chapel was dedicated to. about the centre of what is pointed out as Graveyard there stands a stone about eight feet high, and ten inches in thicKness but without mark. or inscription of any Kind. No positive or reliable information regarding this antiquity can be obtained on the gound.
STONE CIST CONTAINING HUMAN REMAINS FOUND A.D. 1875 [Cladh Maolrithe] 026 Human Remains found about 1/2 a mile north of 'Cladh Maolrithe"

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