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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLY LOCH | Holy Loch Holy Loch Holy Loch Holy Loch Holy Loch |
New Stat Acct. [Statstical Account] Robertson's Tourist Guide Admiralty Survey Plan of Feus Philips' Co. [County] Atlas |
174 | An estuary of the Firth of Clyde, stretching westward for two or three miles, and affording excellent shelter for shipping. At low water a great portion is left bare at its head, where there is also a most extensive, and thick, bed of Muscles. "Tradition asserts the origin of a Church to the circumstance of a ship, bearing a precious cargo of consecrated earth from the Holy land, being stranded in the Holy Loch, & that the catastrophe gave its name to the Holy Loch. For that traditional assertion there is some apparent foundation in the Gaelic name by which this arm of the sea is designated, 'An Loch Sèan ta', the charmed loch" New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] The water of the Holy Loch may be said to be all that lies westward of a straight line drawn from Hunter's Quay, to Strone point, |
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