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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
FOSHIGARY Foisigarry
Foshigary
Foisegearraidh
Donald McVicar
J. Macdonald Esq Factor
Angus McLean Gamekeeper
A. A. Carmichael Esq
029 Is applied to the ruins of a small hamlet situate near the coast 3/4 of a mile north-east from the farm house of Scolpeg on the property of Sir J. P. Orde [Sir John Powlett Orde Baronet].
HULA-GEO Hula-geo
Hula-geoh
Donald McVicar
A. A. Carmichael Esq
029 Is applied to a small round bay north-west and adjacent to Foshigary. No English meaning could be got for the name.
EILEAN FOSHIGARY Eilean nam Gillian
Eilean Foshigary
Donald McVicar
A. A. Carmichael Esq
J. Macdonald Esq Factor
029 A small island on the foreshore of Foshigary. The name signifies "Island of the boys".

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