OS1/2/18/17
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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BURIAL GROUND (Site of) [Conchra] | Old Burial Ground Old Burial Ground Old Burial Ground |
Mr McNicol Strondevan Mr Gordon Factor J. Leach |
162 | This spot is well know as an old place of Burial and is said to have been used by the people in the neighbourhood. There is no tradition of a church having existed near the spot |
TOBAR NA SÙIL | Tobar an Suil Tobar an Suil |
J. Leach D. McKellar |
162 | A small spring situated a little below the Old Burial Ground Sig. [Si gnification]Well of the Eye |
CONCHRA | Conchra Conchra |
J. Leach D McKellar Estate Plan |
162 | A small dwelling occupied by a crofter. In ancient times during the stay of the Earl of Argyle at Garvie Castle, his dog kennels stood on the spot occupied by the house. The name is a corruption of Con a dog and Cro a kennel or fold |
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[Page] 17Parish of Kilmodan -- Argyllshire
Tobar na Sùla.or Sùl why not write it so? It appears almost evident that "Tobar na Sùl" is the correct mode
Tobar na Sùl yet I would prefer the spelling Sùil here to Sùl
Tobar na Sùil [note] Well of the Eye.
Make it Tobar na Sùil T. P. W.
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