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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
CÀRN LEITIR NA CLOICHE Cairn Leitir-na-Cloich
Cairn Leitir-na-Cloich
Cairn Lacht-na-hoish
Carn Leat-na-Cloich
Mr William Shaw Castletown
Mr Farquharson Dulridge
Mr A. McHardy Newe
Estate Plan of Edinglassie 1816
068 Applies to a ridge of a hill situated on the north side of Meoir Bheannaich
ALLT CÙIL CHATHAIDH Allt Cul Cathadh
Allt Cul Cathadh
Allt Cul Cathadh
Ault Cul Chavie
Mr William Shaw Castletown
Mr Farquharson Dulridge
Mr McRae Lagganauld
Estate Plan of Edinglassie
068 A mountain stream rising in the hill called Cair Cul Cathadh and flowing in a northerly falls into the Fhea Bhait at the ford called Cul Cathadh
FORD OF CUL CHATHADH Ford of Cul Cathadh
Ford of Cul Cathadh
Ford of Cul Cathadh
Mr William Shaw Castletown
Mr Farquharson Dulridge
Mr McRae Lagganauld
068 A Ford on the Fhea Bhait, at the junction of Allt Cul Cathadh, so called from it being the only place where people could pass with their cattle

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Parish of Strathdon

[Note beside 'Càrn Leitir na Cloiche']
Leitir. The side of a hill or of a country
Cloich and Cloiche. gen. [genitive] of cloch and clach
Cloichear. The rattle in the throat of a dying person. (Gaelic)
The gen. sing [genitive singular] is Cloiche The Dative sing [singular] is Cloich.

[Note beside 'Allt Cùil Chathaidh']
See notes [Initialled] JMcD
Allt. A mountain stream, a rill
Cul. The back of anything, the hinder part, not the front, the hair of the head; The back of the mountain.
Cathadh. winnowing, riddling, sifting; also a breach, a defile. Cadhadh. snow drift. snow driven about by the wind (Gaelic)

[Note beside 'Ford of Cul Chatadh']
See notes [Initialled] JMcD

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