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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REILIG ORAN | Reilig Oran Reilig Oran Reilig Oran |
Mr. James McArthur, Iona. Mr. John McDonald, postmaster, Iona Mr. Dugald McCormick, farmer, Iona |
104 | The principal graveyard of Iona, on the southwest side of the Cathedral. In it are situated St Oran's Chapel, the Tombs of the Kings, and the graves of the McLean's, McQuarie's &c. "On the south side of the Chapel (St Oran's) and adjacent to it, is an enclosure called Reilig Oran, the burying place of Oran. This was the grand cemetry of Iona" Extract from the Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland. As before stated St. Oran's Chapel is now within the enclosed graveyard. |
| Site of CORN MILL [Iona] | (Site of) Corn Mill (Site of) Corn Mill (Site of) Corn Mill |
Mr. James McArthur, Iona. Mr. John McDonald, Postmaster Mr. Dugald McCormick, farmer, Iona |
104 | No remains of this are now in existence but a mill once stood about here where the Monks of Iona ground their corn. "At one side of it (the broad green terrace) are traces of a sluice and ruins of a Corn Mill". Extract from Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland". |
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[Page] 8Sheet 104, Plan 12, -- Island of Iona, -- Argyllshire,
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