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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
TORR DHAMH Tòrr Dhaimh
Tòrr Dhaimh
Tòrr Dhaimh
"Tòrr Dhamh"
Mr J. McInnes Ballahuan
Mr Clark Kilbride
Archibald Campbell Easdale
GO [Gaelic Orthography]
021 A small eminence at the south end of Seil Island, near Cuan Sound.
Sign [Signification] "Oxen Hill.
CUAN SOUND Cuan Sound
Cuan Sound
Cuan Sound
Admiralty Chart
Mr J. McInnes
Mr Clark, Kilbride
121 A narrow sound or Channel separating the Island of Seil from Luing.
Sig "Cuan (narrow).
"The Sound of Cuan is much broader and deeper than that of Clachan and the current here is very strong running at the rate of seven or 8 miles an hour. The tide here takes a very circuitous course round the north end of Torsay which juts out from the north east end of Luing etc."
"New Stat [Statistical] Account."

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