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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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BORRACH | Buarradh Buarradh Buarradh Borraidh Borran |
Daniel Kennedy South Kiscadale James Stewart South Kiscadale Charles Cook Dippen |
255.05 | A large prominent hill very steep on the North, South, and east, but falling into a flat table land on the west. I cannot learn from any person the origin of this name or what it is derived from, I have written it according to the various sounds as expressed by different parties. It is never called Torr, Knock, or any of the various terms applied to a hill |
ALLT GARBH | Allt Garbh | Daniel Kennedy South Kiscadale James Stewart South Kiscadale Charles Cook Dippen | 255.05 | This stream has its source in Loch Leirg and running in a South easterly direction empties itself into Glen Ashdale. |
CREAG BHÀN | Craig Bàn | Daniel Kennedy South Kiscadale James Stewart South Kiscadale Charles Cook Dippen | 255.05 | A huge chasm in the hill side some Sixty or Seventy feet deep through which the burn runs it is composed of high masses of Trap, |
SILVERBANK | Silverbank Silverbank Silverbank | Estate Map Mr. Paterson Tenant Charles Cook Dipping |
255.05 | A local name for a farm Steading situate in South Kiscadale and erected by Mr. Paterson on building lease from the Duke of Hamilton. |
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"Borrach" a kind of mountain grass
Borroch - A projecting bank
Creag Bhan- White Craig
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