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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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ALLT BURG | Allt Burg | Revd [Reverend] Mr. A.C. McIntyre Coll Mr. J McCallum Tostoray Torloisk Mr. John McDonald Tostoray Torloisk |
067 | A mountain stream rises about half a Mile northward from "Burgh" flows southward through the hamlet of Burg and falls into Loch Tuath about half a mile sothward from "Burg": The name means stream of The "Village or Fortress" |
CREAG NAN LEAC | Creag nan Leac | Revd [Reverend] Mr. A.C. McIntyre Coll Mr. J McCallum Tostoray Torloisk Mr. John McDonald Tostoray Torloisk |
067 | A cliff of Rock extending from about a quarter of a mile southwest of "Dun Aisgain" Westward about half a mile parallel to the Coast The name means "Rock of the flags" |
DÙN AISGAIN | Dun Aisgain | Revd [Reverend] Mr. A.C. McIntyre Coll Mr. J McCallum Tostoray Torloisk Mr. John McDonald Tostoray Torloisk |
067 | The remains of an old circullar fort; standing on a round rocky eminence a short distance westward from Burg, and about a quarter of a mile from the Coast; it has been errected of flat undressed stones without mortar and of conical shape little but the foundation now remains; it seems to have been, but a place of refuge supposed to have been used by the Danes |
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[Page] 5Co [County] of Argyll -- (Island of Mull) -- Parish of Kilninian and Kilmore
[Signed] John Adams C.a. [Civilian assistant]
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