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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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ISLAND OF RAASAY | Island of Raasay Island of Raasay Island of Raasay |
Admiralty Chart Philip's County Atlas Blacks County Map |
various | A considerable island of the Hebrides belonging to Inverness-shire and lying between the island of Skye and the Ross-shire district of Applecross. It forms a long butt of land streaching due North & South & separated by The sound of Raasay from the Skye district of Trotternish. Its distance from Skye varies between a mile & nearly five miles, this island is 14 miles in length & about 2 in breadth, it is in the presbytery of Skye and Synod of Glenelg. |
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