OS1/2/18/17

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