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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
NEW SELMA New Selma
New Selma
New Selma
New Selma
Mr. Campbell, Post Office, Ledaig.
Mrs. McDonald, Grocer, New Selma.
John McPhail, Selma (Port)
Admiralty Chart
087 A hamlet, on both sides of the country road, composed of two Crofts and dwelling houses, about 2½ miles from Connel Ferry.
Propy. [Property] of Duncan Campbell Esq. of Lochnell.
PORT SELMA Port Selma
Port Selma
Port Selma
Mr. Campbell
John McPhail
Alexander Connel New Selma
087 A dwelling house betwixt New Selma and the Shore on the west, composed of three tenements, Garden attached.
Propy. [Property] of D. Campbell Esq.
DÙN MAC SNIACHAN Dùn Mac Sniachan

Dùn Mac Sniachan
or "Dùn Mhic Sniachain"
Statistical Account (New) p. [page] 494
Mr Campbell
John McPhail
G.O. [Gaelic Orthography]
087 "Nearly half way betwixt Connell and Shian Ferry's, to the west of the high road which connects these ferries, there is a verdant and isolated eminence of some extent, the base of which is partly washed by the Atlantic. It is known by the name of Dun Mac Sniachan, that is "the fortified hill of the son of Sniachan."
Ext. [Extract] "New Statistical Account"

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