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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BEINN BHREAC Ben breck
Ben breck
Ben Bhreic
Beinn Bhreac
A. McKillop, Sannox
M. Mackay, Keeper
Estate Plan
Gaelic Orthography
238 A high hill, very stony especially on the east side. Sign: [Signification]: Mottled mountain
CARN MÒR Carn Mòr
Carn Mòr
Carn Mòr
Duncan McMillan, Bularry
Angus McMillan, Whitefarlane
John Kerr, Narachan
Gaelic Orthography
238 A small, prominent, natural, Knoll.
Sign: [Signification]: Big Cairn.
LOCH NA DAVIE Loch na Davie


Lochan Deavie
Duncan McMillan Bularry
Angus McMillan Whitefarlane
John Kerr Narachan
Estate Plan
238 A very small lake at the tops of Gleann Easan Biorach & Glen Iorsa -
Derivation unknown.
GLAS CHOIREIN Glas Choirein


Glas Choirein
Duncan McMillan Bularry
Angus McMillan Whitefarlane
John Kerr Narachan
Gaelic Orthography
238 A corrie East from Carn Mor.
Sign. [Signification] Gray Corrie
COIRE CUISEIG Corrie Coosheag


Coire Cuiseig
Duncan McMillan Bularry
Angus McMillan Whitefarlane
John Kerr Narachan
Gaelic Orthography
238 A small corrie east from the above [Glas Choirein] -
Sign. [Signification] Corrie of pointed grass

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Island of Arran

[Note below Beinn Bhreac:]
(Ph [Parish] of Kilmory)

[Note below Carn Mòr:]
Ph [Parish] of Kilmory

[Note below Loch na Davie:]
Ph [Parish] of Kilmory

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Two streams take their
rise in this Loch - Iorsa Water which runs South - &
Easan Biorach, which runs North -
(this is taken from the plan 238)
OMO. [Ordnance Mapping Office]
7 Dcr. [December] 1865

[Note below Glas Choirein:]
Ph [Parish] of Kilbride

[Note below Coire Cuiseig:]
Ph [Parish] of Kilbride

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