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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KILBERRY HEAD | Killberry Head Killberry Head Killberry Head |
Colin McIsac Shoemaker Kilberry Mr Colin McMillan Kilberry Archibald Bell Cuilghailtro |
200 | Applied to a small headland rising abruptly on the west from the rocky shore of the North Channel situated about 1/2 mile to w. [west] of Kilberry Castle and close by Toll and Chill Bherry, the name is well Known. |
| TOLLAN KILBERRY | Toll an Chill Bherry | Colin McIsac Shoemaker Kilberry Mr Colin McMillan Kilberry Archibald Bell Cuilghailtro |
200 | A small hollow nearly covered by small bushes and said to have been used as a hiding place by Lord Bernard the proprietor of Kilberry. About the year seventeen hundred & twenty seven while Lord Benrard had been in Ireland he quarreled with one Captain Carsaig a duel was accordingly arranged between them for the following day. but during the night Kilberry assassinated his adversary in bed being pursued by the authorities to Scotland he took refuge in the above hollow, when the detectives disappeared he returned to Kilberry Castle but had to retreat several times to his hiding place while the police had been searching the Castle situated on the west side of Kilberry head within fifteen links of a precipise Sig: [Signification] Kilberry's hiding place & hollow |
| CURACHAN BERRY | Curachan Bherry | Colin McIsac Shoemaker Kilberry Mr Colin McMillan Kilberry Archibald Bell Cuilghailtro |
200 | A rough rock on the shore between Port a Churaidh and Port Mhic Bheathainn Sig: [Signification] Berrys Little Boat. |
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[Page] 18Kilberry Head [Note] north Channel?
Tollan Kilberry [Note] These names appear to have all been derived from "St. Berry." I have consequently adopted the modern spelling of that name in them all Bruce H. Melville Capt. R.E. [Captain Royal Engineers]
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