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ARDJONA Ardjona
Ardjona
Ardjona
Neil McDonald
Johnn Gregg
D. McKie
058 A jutting point in Loch Doon, subject to floods and, in consequence, covered principally with sand and shingle. This word has not escaped the general corruption which has overtaken the traditionary Celtic names of this district; a corruption indeed inseparable from the circumstance that they are current amongst a people to whom their pronunciation is difficult, and their meanings unknown. The prefix Ard applied to a flat, subject to floods, appears a contradiction. The word is given as pronounced in the district

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Sheet 58 Plan 8 Trace 6 Ph. [Parish] of Straiton

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