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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
PORT NAN CORRAN Port nan Corran
Port nan Corran
Port nan Corran
Donald McLauchlan Carn na Faire
John McVean Kinerarach
Archibald Clark Cairn Vicquie
223 A small port between Eilean nan Caorach & Eilean nan Faoileinn
Sig: [Signification] Port of the Hooks.
TOBAR A' BHEATHAIG Tobar a' Bheathaig


Tobar a' Bheathaig
Donald McLauchlan Carn na Faire
John McVean Kinerarach
Archibald Clark Cairn Vicquie
Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Curdie Manse
223 A remarkable well east of Tarbert Farmhouse and a short distance S.W. [South West] of Eilean nan Caorach, local tradition asserts this well to have been used by the islanders in causing a storm to arise, which would prevent the excise officers on the opposite side of the sound from crossing to disturb those on the island who carried on the illicit trade of distilling. When a storm was required for there [their] safety the stone cover was removed the water thrown in the direction from which the wished for wind was to blow, when out of danger the stone was replaced Sig: [Signification] Well of the Beech Tree

"Tobar-rath-Bhuathaig the lucky well of Beathog, situated at the foot of a hill fronting the N.E [North East] near an isthmus called Tarbat 6 ft [feet] above where the water gushes out there is a heap of stones which forms a cover to the sacred fount. When a person wished for a fair wind this part was removed with great solemnity and the water thrown in the direction from which the wished for wind was to blow. When the ceremony was over the well was again carefully shut up to prevent fatal consequences"
Old Stat: [Statistical] Account

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Plan 223-9 -- Island of Gigha

Tobar a' Bheathaig [note]
Ought it not be written
as an Antiquity?

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