OS1/2/18/22
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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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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[Page] 22Parish 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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