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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
AUCHERRIE Aucherrie
Aucherrie
Aucherrie
Mr. Morgan
Mr. Matheson
Mr. McDonald
097 A dwelling house and four office houses all thatched and in middling condition. Property of the Earl of Fife. Tenanted by Mr. McDonald. This name is derived from Gaelic words signifying a high or rising field [inserted comment] but anglicized
DAIL (In Ruins) Dail
Dail
Dail
Mr. Morgan
Mr. Matheson
Mr. McDonald
097 This name is applied to a few ruins of houses which were, like the ruins of Ruighnanseileach, formerly a farm steading. The name is derived from "Haugh". Property of the Earl of Fife.
COLONEL'S BED Colonel's Bed
Colonel's Bed
Colonel's Bed
Colonel's Bed
Mr. Morgan
Mr. Matheson
Mr. McDonald
Legends of the Braes O' Mar
097 This name is applied to a deep ravine through which the Ey Burn runs. The name is so called from the circumstance of a former proprietor of Inverey, called the "Black Colonel", having taken refuge in it immediately after the burning of his castle at Inverey. "Sometimes he foregathered with Annie in that concealed chasm on the Ey still called the colonel's bed". Legends of the Braes O' Mar. Page 96.
THE COLONEL'S BED [1895] By order of the D.G. [Director General] 12.8.95 [1895] 097 For 1" purposes only. See Remark in Index. 1895.

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