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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
DUNCHRAIGAIG Dunchraigaig
Dunchraigaig
Dunchraigaig
Mr. McCrone occr. [occupier]
Mr. Martin, Factor, Kilmartin
Mr. Gillies Schoolmaster Bridgend
149 A dwelling house in good repair property of J. McMalcolm Esqr. Poltalloch.
BALUACHRAIG [1876] Balnachraig Mr. McCrone
Mr. Martin, Factor, Kilmartin
Mr. Gillies Schoolmaster Bridgend
149 Several dwelling houses with vegetable gardens attached; property of J. Malcolm Esqr.
STANDING STONES [Balameanoch] Standing Stones Mr. McCrone
Mr. Martin, Factor, Kilmartin
Mr. Gillies Schoolmaster Bridgend
149 7 Standing Stones varying from 8 to 12 feet in height, from 3 to 5 feet in breadth, & from 6 to 10 inches in thickness. In one of them there are a number of small round indentations, and a round hole about 6 inches in diameter about 2 feet from the ground.
CAIRN (Remains of) [Balameanoch] Cairn (Remains of) Mr. McCrone
Mr. Martin, Factor, Kilmartin
Mr. Gillies Schoolmaster Bridgend
149 Adjacent to them [Standing Stones] there is the remains of a Cairn, considered by the authorities quoted to be a cairn of antiquity. There is little or no tradition regarding them except that they are supposed by the inhabitants of the locality to have been raised in memory of the dead.

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