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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
DRUIMNASHALLAG Druimnashallag
Druimnashallag
Mr Campbell Druimnashallag
Mr McIntyre Braglenbeg
123 A shepherds house and outhouses which were once a farmsteading situate about half a mile east of Loch Tralaig.
CNOC NAN GOBHAR Cnoc nanGobhair
Cnoc nanGobhair
"Cnoc nan Gobhar"
Mr Campbell
Mr McIntyre
GO [Gaelic Orthography]
123 A small hillock on the moor about 30 chains west of Loch Sreinge. Sig [Signification] Knoll of the goats.
LOCH NA SREINGE Loch Sreinge
Loch Sreinge
"Loch na Sreinge"
Mr McCalman Drissaig
Mr Campbell Druimnashallag
GO [Gaelic Orthography]
123 A good sized loch on the west side of the road, about 3 miles South east of Loch Scammadale Sig: [Signification] The string loch.
CASTLE (Site of) [Loch na Sreinge] Castle (Site of)
Castle (Site of)
Castle (Site of)
Mr Gow, Kilninver
Mr McLean Schoolmaster
Mr McIntyre, Lagganbeg
123 In the loch there is a small island on which there once stood a small castle inhabited by a kind of Banditti who lived solely by plundering the surrounding country. "A little to the south of this spot Line or string lake with its beautiful island and timeworn ruin are situated. In feudal times a banditti of freebooters mad this their headquarters, and for nearly a century infested, not only the surrounding country, but made predatory incursions to the surrounding counties." New Stat: [Statistical] Account

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Sheet 123 Argyllshire

Loch na Sreinge, Note: 'See "An t-Sreang" [Page 124]'

Castle (Site of), Note: "(G.T. [Gothic Text])"

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