OS1/2/25/22
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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MANSION HOUSE | Mansion House | W T Fraser Esqr. Proprietor | 213 | A substantial dwelling house with small ornamental grounds attached & situated a little south west of Skipness Castle, being so near the latter, the proprietor desires it to be designated "Mansion House". |
KILBRANNAN CHAPEL (In Ruins) | Kilbrannan Chapel? (In Ruins)? Kilbrannan Chapel? (In Ruins)? Kilbrannan Chapel? (In Ruins)? |
W T Fraser Esqr. Duncan Thomson, Monybachach Donald Hyman, Tighnacraoibhe |
213 | This name is applied to a finely enclosed Burial ground at Skipness Point, within the enclosure stands the remains of a building said, by the Authorities, to have been a Chapel the walls stand entire and still their original height, no information as to its date of erection can be obtained in the locality, but it seems to be of considerable antiquity. It is from this place that Kilbrannan Sound derives its name, being situated near northern entrance of the same. |
SOUND OF BUTE | Sound of Bute | Described in Name Books of Phs. [Parishes] of "Rothesay", "Kingarth", & "N. [North] Bute". |
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