OS1/2/18/25

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
LOWER DUILLATER Lower Duillater
Lower Duillater
Lower Duiveletter
Mr Gillies occupier
Mr McNicol Strondavain
Estate Plan
162 A well built farm house and outbuildings. The property of Capt [Captain] Campbell of Glendaruel
TOBAR A' PHIOBAIN OR HOLY WELL Tobar an Piobain (or) Holy Well
Tobar an Piobain (or) Holy Well
Mr McNicol
Mr Brown Conchra
D. McKellar
162 A small spring issuing from a rock and falling into a small stone basin. Tradition asserts that a Monks' Cell stood on the W. [West] side of the stream. The name piobain is derived from the practise of imbibing the water through a pipe its position rendering it difficult to obtain by any other method. Sig [Signification] Well of the pipe
UPPER DUILLATER Upper Duillater
Upper Duiveletter
Mr McNicol
Mr Brown Conchra
D. McKellar
Estate Plan
162 A small thatched cottage, the property of Capt [Captain] Campbell

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Parish of Kilmodan -- Argyllshire

"Tobaran Piobain, [note] Pipe Well.
Tobar a'Phiobain
Piole A pipe
Pioban A small pipe (Dem. [Deminutive] of Piob)
Tobar a' Phioban [note] The well of the small pipe
Tobar nam Pioban [note[ The well of the pipes
more likely to be the latter

Why change it from Tobar to Tobaran?

Tobar a Phioban or Holy Well?

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Trondragirl- Moderator, macfam

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