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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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CREAG AN AONAIDH | Creag an Aonaidh Creag an Aonaidh Craigandaunaidh |
Rev [Reverend] D. McLean Glenorchay D. McIntyre Kilchrennan New Statistical Account |
100 | Applies to the precipice forming the southern boundary of the Pass of Brander Sig. [Signification] Not Known. "The south side of the pass is formed by the bold, rugged and overhanging rocks of Craigandaunaidh." New Statistical Accnt [Account] |
LOCH AWE | Loch Awe Loch Awe Loch Awe Loch Awe Lochawe |
Johnston's County Map Johnston's Royal Atlas Blacks Map of Scotland Fullartons Gazetteer New Statistical Account |
various | "Lochawe beyond controversy is one of the noblest and loveliest of Scotland's lakes, its length is vaiously estimated, it is somewhere between 24 & 30 miles, its breadth is very unequal;, expanding in some places and contracting in others. It may be averaged at a mile, excepting towards its eastern extremity, where its principal charms and attractions lie, and where it expands into a breadth of 3 miles. Its depth varies in different places. It is in some places 70 fathoms deep" New Statistical Account Loch Awe is interspersed with numerous wooded islands, it extends from a point opposite a farmhouse called Drishaig Sheet 101 in a southwesterly direction to the village of Ford, it also sends off branch in a North-westerly direction till it meets the River Awe, which confluence occurs a few chains north of the pier at the Pass of Brander. |
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