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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLT AN RIDHE CHREAGAICH | Allt an Ridhe Chreagaich Allt an Ridhe Chreagaich Allt an Ridhe Chreagaich |
Robert McKay, Strathan Angus McKenzie, Rogart Rev. [Reverend] JM Joass LLD [Doctor of Laws] Golspie |
104 | Means "Burn of the rocky place", and Applies to a small stream running into Allt Lochan Iain Bhuidhe from the north near Daileag an Loin. |
| CREAG NA CHAOL-INNSE | Creag na Chaol-innse Creag na Chaol-innse Creag na Chaol-innse Creag na Chaol-innse Craig Chaolishie Crigkillishie |
Robert Mackay Angus McKenzie Duncan McPherson, Pittentrail Rev [Reverend] JM Joass LLD [Doctor of Laws] Map of Sutherland 1852 Map of Skelbo Estate 1787. |
104 | Means "rock of the narrow meadow," & Applies to a precipitous part of the hill north of Strath Carnach about 1 1/2 miles west of Brae. (Possibly this name should have been collected for Creag Sgoilte, shewn on plan to the north-west, which no one on the ground recognises. The meadow land south of the Craig, once inhabited, was formerly known as Caol-innis, the narrow meadow). |
| DALNAMAIN 1- inch Revision october 1894. | *Dalnamain | Donald McLean Esq. factor Golspie | 104 | See 1-inch Name list of sh. [sheet] 103 submitted to him |
| DALNAMEINE | Dail a'chnamein *Dalnamain or Dalnameine *Dalnamain or Dalnameine *Dalnamain or Dalnameine Dailnameine *Dalnamain Dalmain *Dalnamain Dalnamayne |
Ordnance Survey as collected by Examiner D. McPherson A. McKenzie Robert Mackay Rev. [Reverend] JM Joass LLD [Doctor of Laws] Maps of Sutherland 1833 & 1852 Sketch of Torboll Farm 1852 Thomson's County Atlas 1823 Map. "Origines Parochiales" |
104 | See description in Name Book. means "Dale of the mineral" but has been Anglicized. See "Craig Dail na Méine" to the Northwest of this place on plan, which is correct: I do not know why the examiner changed the name of the place (from which the Creag takes its name) to Dail a'chnamein. |
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