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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOCH GLASHAN | Loch Glashan Loch Glashan Loch Glashan Lochglaissean |
Mr. Gilies Ph. [Parish] Schoolmaster D. McIvar Patterson Esqr. Mr. Campbell Lochgair Inn New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] |
160 | A tolerably sized lake on the Estate of Lochgair The property of D McIvar Patterson Esq. |
| FORT [Loch Glashan] | Watch Tower (In Ruins) | Mr. Gillies Ph. [Parish] Schoolmaster D. McIvar Patterson Esqr. Mr.Campbell Lochgair Inn New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] |
161 | A short distance east of the above lake are the ruins of a circular building or tower. The inner side of the wall quite distinct and built without any appearance of mortar, the outer is crumbled down. Mr McIvar Campbell believes it to have been a Danish fort. Its form and size resembles that one at Ardafuar near Crinan and others already identified in the same parish or district |
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[Page] 40Loch Glashan
Written on 6 Inch Plan?
Lochglaissean [note] Sig.[Signification] Coal Fish Gaelic Dictionary
"The remains of ancient buildings, intended, as their
form & sites evidently indicate, as watch towers, built
in order to convey the most rapid intelligence of the
movements of any party on the coast to the internal
parts of the country - There are still 3 in number one is
called Tor a Bhlarain, on the top of a hill called Barnafuar
near Kilmichael, another is called Tunnan, and placed upon
a rock called Creag nan Tur in Glenacreidh. The third is
on Gortan Rainich by the side of Lochglaissean & it commands a view of the 2 former, being
in the centre between them. The whole thus forming one line of communication by which anything
might be intimated from either district to the other" New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account]
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Nora Edwards, Trondragirl- Moderator, JCB
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