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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| DAIL NAN CEANN | Dail nan Cìnn Dail nan Cìnn Dail nan Cìnn Dail nan Ceann |
Rev. [Reverend] Mr McMichael Craignish Mr McPherson Achanarnich New Statistical Account GO [Gaelic Orthography] |
138 | Tradition asserts this to be the site of a great conflict, 3000 heads are said to have been found on the field, & two cairns standing on a small eminence N.W. [North West] of the field are supposed to contain the remains of some great men who fell in the engagement. |
| CAIRNS [Dail nan Ceann] | Cairns | 138 | two cairns standing on a small eminence N.W. [North West] of the field are supposed to contain the remains of some great men who fell in the engagement. | |
| Site of CONFLICT between the Scots and Danes [Dail nan Ceann] | 138 | "Another engagement between the Danes and the natives is said to have taken place on the Western shore of the parish. Two Cairns still mark its scene, and its severity may be argued from the name which it bears. It is called "Dail-nan-Ceann", that is "The field of heads". New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] p. [page] 52 "Date of Conflict unknown". |
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| BÀGH DAIL NAN CEANN | Bàgh Dail nan Cìnn Bàgh Dail nan Cìnn "Bàgh Dail nan Ceann" |
Rev. [Reverend] Mr McMichael Mr McPherson GO [Gaelic Orthography] |
138 | A small gravelly bay forming the N. [North] boundary of Dail nan Cìnn Sig [Signification] Field of Heads Bay. |
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