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Sh. [Sheet] 59. Allt Slochd a` Bheithe 1st. Col. [Column] O. N. Bk. [Ordnance Name Book]
The name in 1st. Col. [Column] is correct, and in accordance with general usage.
Slochd. a` Bheithe. hollow of the birch
Allt Slochd a` Bheithe burn of the hollow of the birch (birch-wood)
Rule - when two or more nouns are under the
regimen of a preceeding noun the last only
is generally put in the genitive case.
as - oneas craobhan a`ghàraidh not
(chraobhan) the fruit of the trees of the
garden.
Alexander McDonald
16.10.95 [1895]