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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
EASCAIRT Eascairt
Eascairt
Eascairt
W. T. Frazer Esq proprietor
Mr. Hugh McKellar occupier
Mr. Malcolm McKellar
224 A superior built farm house and offices the property of W. T. Frazer Esq Skipness.
AUCHACHUILLIN Auchachuillin
Auchachuillin
Auchachuillin
Mr Hugh McKellar
Mr Malcolm McKellar
Mr McQuilkan North Crossaig
224 A ruin on the farm of north Crossaig the property of Dugald McNeil Esq Saddell.
SGEIR NA NIGHINN Sgeir na h-Inghean
Sgeir na h-Inghean
Sgeir na h-Inghean
"Sgeir na Nighinn"
Mr. Hugh McKellar
Mr. Gilbert McCallum Cour
Mr. Hector Currie Doite dubh
The Maid's Rock
224 A flat rock on the foreshore upwards of a quarter of a mile south of the confluence of Allt Romain with the Sound of Kilbrannan
Sign. [Signification] "Rock of the maid"
PORT ALASDAIR RUAIDH Port Alasdair Ruadh


Port Alasdair Ruiadh
Mr. Hugh McKellar
Mr. Gilbert McCallum Cour
Mr. Hector Currie Doite dubh
224 A small bay or creek a little to the south of Sgeir na h-Inghean.
Sign. [Signification] "Red Alexander's Port".
UAMH NAN CALMAN Uamh nan Calman Mr. Hugh McKellar
Mr. Gilbert McCallum Cour
Mr. Hector Currie Doite dubh
224 Applicable to a large chasm in rock situate about 10 chains south of Port Alasdair Ruadh.
Sign. [Signification] "Cave of the Pigeons"

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224 -- Ph. [Parish] Saddell & Skipness -- Argyllshire

Sgeir na Nighinn [note]
I consider this the best form on account
of the difficulty of pronouncing the other
I do not think the spelling Inghean is proper to retain in Gaelic I know this is disputed
by some Gaelic scholars

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