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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
CREAG DHUBH Craig Dhu
Creag Dhubh
Craig na heelorach
Creag na h-Iolaire
A. McKillop Sannox
Gaelic Orthography
M. Mackay Keeper
Gaelic Orthography
238 A great precipice on North side of Garbh Choire. McKillop being much the older person is the more likely to have the correct name; he states Creag na h-Iolaire to be but recently applied to the rock, from the fact of an eagle building there -
Significations, respectively, Black Craig & The Eagle's Craig
SAIL AN IM Sall an Im

Sail an Im
A. McKillop Sannox
M. Mackay Keeper
Gaelic Orthography
238 The spur or heel of the ridge descending from Caisteal Abhail
Sign: [Signification]: Heel of the Butter.
CUITHE MHEADHONACH Cuie Vennoch

Cuithe Mheadhonach
A. McKillop Sannox
M. Mackay Keeper
Gaelic Orthography
238 A ridge steep & rugged, descending from Caisteal Abhail & forming the limit or division of Coire nan Ceum & Garbh Choire -
Sign: [Signification] (The) Middle Barrier.

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[Notes under Sail an Im:]
Sail an Im Beam of the Butter
Sàil an Im, The Heel of the Butter Heel by analogy applied
of a projecting lower part of a hill.
Here the necessity of the accent is apparent.

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Alison James- Moderator, Brenda Pollock

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