OS1/1/17/18
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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LOCHAN UAINE | Lochan Uaine Lochan Uaine Lochan Uaine |
Mr. Alexander McDonald Mr. John Grant Mr. John Morgan |
087 | This is a small loch on the north side of Cairntoul. Its general shape is oval and its water while in the loch has a greenish appearance (Name signifies the Green little Loch) |
SGÒR AN LOCHAIN UAINE | Sgòr an Lochain Uaine Sgòr an Lochain Uaine Sgòr an Lochain Uaine |
Mr. Alexander McDonald Mr. John Grant Mr. John Morgan |
087 | This name is applied to the most northern peak of Cairntoul It overhangs Lochan Uaine & is entirely covered with a close crop of loose stones. Its eastern & northern slopes are very steep. (Name Signifies the Peak or sharp Rock of the Green loch) |
COIRE AN T-SAIGHDEIR | Coire an t-Saighdeir Coire an t-Saighdeir Coire an t-Saighdeir |
Mr. Alexander McDonald Mr. John Grant Mr. John Morgan |
087 | This name is applied to a rough hollow on Cairntoul lying immediately south of its highest peak. It is supposed that this hollow received this name from the Circumstance of a Soldier having perished in it. (Name Signifies the Soldier's Hollow.) |
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