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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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A' GHRUAGACH | A' Ghruagach A' Ghruagach A' Ghruagach |
Mr. Angus McInnes Tenant Sanda Island, Donald McNeil proprietor Canna & Old map of Island Revd. [Reverend] J. Sinclair Manse of Eigg |
064 | Applies to a Small flat rock "visible at low water", Situate a Short distance South of Sgeir nan Cuag. Signification:- The Maiden. |
SGEIR NAN CUAG | Sgeir nan Cuag | Mr. Angus McInnes Tenant Sanda Island, Donald McNeil proprietor Canna & Old map of Island Revd. [Reverend] J. Sinclair Manse of Eigg |
064 | Applies to a Small flat rock "above high water", Situate on the South east Side of Òigh-Sgeir & 3/8 of a mile east of Cnoc nan Uibhean; meaning:- Rock of the Awkward Curves. |
CAMAS NA CLOICHE RUAIDHE | Camas na Cloiche Ruaidhe | Mr. Angus McInnes Tenant Sanda Island, Donald McNeil proprietor Canna & Old map of Island Revd. [Reverend] J. Sinclair Manse of Eigg |
064 | Applies to a Bay Nearly half a mile in length by an 1/8 broad Situated on the N.W. [North West] Side of Òigh-Sgeir; lying N. [North] & S. [South] parallel to the Island; meaning:- Creek of the red Stone. |
OIGH-SGEIR | Òigh-sgeir | Mr. Angus McInnes Tenant Sanda Island, Donald McNeil proprietor Canna & Old map of Island Revd. [Reverend] J. Sinclair Manse of Eigg |
064 | Applies to a large rugged piece of flat rock, Speckled with pieces of rough fractures, & full of Crevices. This Rock is Situated Six miles South West of the Island of Canna & ten miles West of the Isle of Rum, famous for the Catching of Seals; they go up the Crevices at high water (innumerable) & are left there until the return of the tide. This Island is the property of Donald McNeil Esqr of Canna; meaning:- Maiden Rock. |
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