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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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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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