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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BARLEA Barlea
Barlea
Barlea
Keith McAllester Esqr.
D. McMillan
Robert Stewart
246 A farm house and offices the property of Keith McAllester Esqr. of Glenbarr Abbey
BARR HILL Cnoc a Pol
Cnoc a Pol
Barr Hill
Robert Stewart, Glenbarr
D. McMillan, Glenbarr
Mr. Sheddan Charlotston
246 A small hill on the farm of Dalkeith. Sig. [Signification] The Pole hill as the authorities say from the fact of a Trig. [Trigonometrical] Pole being on it. It is better known as Barr Hill.
DALKEITH Dalkeith
Dalkeith
Dalkeith
Keith McAllester Esqr.
D. McMillan
R. Stewart
246 A farm house and offices the property of Keith McAllister Esqr. of Glenbarr Abbey.
PORT A' BHORRAIN Port a' Mhoran
Port a' Mhoran
Port a' Mhoran
"Port a' Bhorrain"
Robert Stewart
Keith McAllester Esqr.
D. McMillan
The battock shaped port
246 A small creek or bay on the sea shore of the farm of Dalkeith. Sig. [Signification] not certain.

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246-1 -- Parish of Kilean & Kilchenzie -- Argyllshire

Port a' Bhorrain [note]
Mh and Bh being alike in sound
the uncertainty of the former word may give place to the latter for which we have a meaning [Initialled]

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