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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
GLEANN DUBH Glen Dhu
Glen Dubh
Gleann Dubh
A. McKillop, Sannox
Map in Bryce's Geology
Gaelic Orthography
238 A small glen lying between Tunna and Clachan, and extending from the road to near Sail an Im. Sign [Signification]: Black Glen.
TUNNA Tunna
Tunna
Tunna
A. McKillop
M. Mackay, Keeper
Duncan Kerr, Shepherd
238 A low, but prominent hill, on the South of Gleann Dubh. This word literally signifies a ton. It seems, in Arran, to be applied to hills of a certain shape, or situated in peculiar circumstances.
ABHAINN TUNNA Awen Tunna
Awen Tunna
Awen Tunna
Abhainn Tunna
A. McKillop
M. Mackay, Keeper
Duncan Kerr, Shepherd
Gaelic Orthography
238 A stream flowing through Gleann Dubh and falling into the water flowing through North Glen Sannox.
Sign [Signification]: Tunna Water.
Ton River
NORTH GLEN SANNOX North Glen Sannox
North Glen Sannox
North Glen Sannox
North Glen Sannox
North Glen Sannox
A. McKillop
M. Mackay, Keeper
Duncan Kerr, Shepherd
Map in Bryce's Geology
Mr Robert Stoddard, Farmer
238 A long valley stretching from Coire nan Ceum to the sea. Its sides are smooth and, comparitively speaking, devoid of rocks.

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Island of Arran Parish of Kilbride

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