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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MULLACH MÒR | Mullach Mòr Mullach Mòr Mullach Mòr |
Archibald McMillan William McCallum James Wotherspoon |
234 | A rough piece of ground in the midst of a cultivated field a short distance south of Ardacha. Sign. [Signification] "Great top" |
| TOBAR MÒR | Tobar Mòr | Archibald McMillan William McCallum James Wotherspoon |
234 | A well bearing this name situate at the west base of Mullach Mor. the water of which is allowed to be about the best on the island. It is said by Mr. Wotherspoon that the water was supposed to posses curative powers and was believed in by the people in olden times. "There is a tradition that the Country was nearly depopulated by a plague all the people dying except those of one farm called Ardacha or High Field where there is a spring of water to the virtue of which is attributed their safety" O. Stat [Old Statistical] Account. |
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Tobar Mòr [note]
Ought it not be written as an
Antiquity
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