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List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	Situation	Description remarks
LOCHAN MÒR (Site of)	(Site of) Lochan Mòr (Site of) Lochan Mòr (Site of) Lochan Mòr	Mr. James McArthur, Iona. Mr. John McDonald, postmaster, Iona Mr. Dugald McCormick, farmer, Iona	104	A flat potion of land, now partly arable, but originally a lake, situated a short distance north-west of the Cathedral. It is still known in the island as "The Abbot's fish pond". "Adjoining the gardens of the Abbey and surrounded by little hillocks, extends a morass, the remnant of an artificial lake of several acres, anciently traversed through the middle by a broad green terrace, and fringed round the edge with agreeable walks". Extract from Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland.
TERRACE [Lochan Mor]	Terrace	Mr. James McArthur, Iona. Mr. John McDonald, postmaster, Iona Mr. Dugald McCormick, farmer, Iona	104	This "broad green terrace" still remains as a substantial old road through the site of the pond, and though it cannot be traced through the rough ground westward, it is traditionally supposed to have led to a small temple farther inland called Tigh nan Cùildich.

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Sheet 104. Plan 12. -- Island of Iona. -- Argyllshire.

Note the description for the "Terrace" is a continuation of the description for "Lohcan Mòr (Site of)".

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