OS1/2/18/22

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
ACHANELID Achanelid
Achanelid
Auchleithleoid
Mr Brown Conchra
Mr A. McNicol
Estate Plan
162 A superior farmsteading the property of Capt [Captain] Campbell of Glendaruel.
DÙNAN OIR Dun an Or Mr Brown Conchra
Mr A. McNicol
Estate Plan
162 A small knoll on the ground of Glendaruel House, a small enclosure on the summit is used as a place of burial by the family of Glendaruel House. Sig: [Signification] The Golden Knoll
FAMILY BURIAL GROUND [Dunan Oir] Family Burial Ground Mr Brown Conchra
Mr A. McNicol
Estate Plan
162 A small enclosure on the summit of Dunan Or

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Parish of Kilmodan -- Argyllshire
[Note]
Dùn an Oir why make it the diminutive when all the authorities give it Dun
"Dunnan Oir" [note] Hillock of Gold.
Dunan Orach [note] Golden Hill
Dùn an Oir [note] Knoll of the Gold
Dùn an Oir [note] Knoll of the Gold
Dun an Oir "This is the most reasonable form
Perhaps from an idea that a golden treasure has been hid in it
This is not a solitary instance in which the country people have a tradition about Gold being hid in a Knoll and guarded by supernatural agency.

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