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Sh. [Sheet] 59. -- Allt Tobair Fhuair 1st. Col. O. N. Bk. [First Column Ordnance Name Book]
Allt Tobar Fuar 2nd. Col. O. N. Bk. [Second Column Ordnance Name Book]

The general form for such names as this
in Highland Counties is Allt an Tobair.
Fhuair. Tobar Fuar = cold Well and a
stream taking its name from it. should be
Allt an Tobair Fhuair. also Fuarain Bàn
or Fuaran Fuar follow the same rule i.e.
Allt an Fhuarain Fhuair or Bhàin (Cold well or spring)
Tobar Fuar = a mas. [masculine] noun & its adjective.
The adjective agrees with its noun in num. gen. & case [number, gender & case].
hence Tobar Fuar and Allt an Tobair Fhuair
If the corrupted form is to be adopted I would
suggest _ Burn of Tobar-fuar.
Why the natives reject the correct form is plain. i.e.
to make the name easier to pronounce for English
speaking persons. and this is the reason why
corrupted forms are so much used in this County.
Tobar Fuar is not inserted on 59. but Tobar
Fuar on sh. [sheet] 68. page 102. Strathdon Ph. [Parish] seems
to be the celebrated spring and has no connection
with this burn. See description in N. Bk. [Name Book]
Allt ChuirnDeirg Stream of the red cairn or hill
on this same page =16. The gen. [genitive] article omitted
in the same way as Tobar Fuar.
Allt_Tobair Fhuair } Allt an Tobair Fhuair
Allt_Chùirn Deirg } Allt a' Chùir Deirg (correct form.)

Sh. [Sheet] 59. Allt a' Chreachain Stream of the stony or rocky surface &c.
Allt a' Creachainn or Creachain, is quite
a mistake or oversight, the genitive artice [article]
a' asperates the name in the genitive case.
Creachann or Creachann (In the nominative case) } McLeod & Diwars Gaelic Dictionary

[Alexander] McDonald
16.10.95 [1895]