OS1/2/16/11
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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BINNEIN MÒR | Binnean Mòr Binnean Mòr Binnean Mòr Binnein Mòr |
Mr. Gillies Mr McLaughlan Kirnan Hugh McCleavin Great Pinnacle |
149 | This name applies to a rocky top of considerably rising ground on the farm of Kirnan, it is of an oval shape and appears to have been fortified as fragments of an old wall or volume of stones are to be distinctly seen round the south & south S.W. [South West] end filling up as it were the gaps of the out cropping rock, much resembling the "Hill of Barone" near Rothsay but of less extent. There is no tradition concerning it, further than Mr. McLaughlan believes it to have been used as a watch tower or station in troublesome times. Sig [Signification] Binnean, a pinnacle. Mòr, large |
FORT [Binnein Mòr] | 149 | This name [Binnein Mor] applies to a rocky top of considerably rising ground on the farm of Kirnan, it is of an oval shape and appears to have been fortified as fragments of an old wall or volume of stones are to be distinctly seen round the south & south S.W. [South West] end filling up as it were the gaps of the out cropping rock, much resembling the "Hill of Barone" near Rothsay but of less extent. There is no tradition concerning it, further than Mr. McLaughlan believes it to have been used as a watch tower or station in troublesome times. | ||
LOCHAN NA CORRA | Lochan-na-Corra Lochan-na-Corra Lochan-na-Corra |
Mr. Gillies Mr. McLaughlan Mr McClevan |
149 | A small Lake on the farm of Kirnan The property of J Malcolm Esqr. of Poltalloch. Sig [Signification] Lochan, a small loch Corra, a Stork or Heron |
CREAG NA SGEICH | Creag-na-Sgeach Creag na Sgeich |
Mr. Gillies Mr. McLaughlan Mr. McClevan |
149 | A rocky hill on the farm of Kirnan, the east side is very bold and precipitous. & signifies Craig of the Hawthorn or Berry |
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[Page] 11Creag na Sgeich [note]
Sig [Signification] Skeach, not certain
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Alison James- Moderator, JCB
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