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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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MEOIR GEALA | Meoir Geala | A. Mackay Cnoc-glas D. Gunn Dalnahaw R. Campbell Lambsdale |
021 | Three Small streams, which rises west and north of Loch Torr na Ceardaich, and falls into that lake at the north west corner. |
GLEN URLAN | Glen Urlan | A. Mackay Cnoc-glas D. Gunn Dalnahaw R. Campbell Lambsdale |
021 | A small narrow Glen extending from Loch Torr na Ceardaich about forty chains along the stream, Abhainn nam Bruach Dubh. Proprietor His Grace the Duke of Portland. |
AIRIDH NAM BRUACH DUBHA | Airidh nam Bruach Dubh | A. Mackay Cnoc-glas D. Gunn Dalnahaw R. Campbell Lambsdale |
021 | A small Stripe of rough pasture and heath on both sides of the Stream at the lower end of Glen Urlan. When the old people were in the habit of keeping their cattle in the hills during the Summer, they lived in huts togother [together], So that they might be near enough to watch, and milk them. &c. Such places they called Airidh's, hence the name. |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 7County Caithness -- Parishes Reay Hallkirk & Thurso Detd [Detached]
[Note Meoir Geala] -- The White Branches
[Note Glen Urlan] -- meaning unknown
[Note Airidh nam Bruach Dubh] -- Sheiling of the Black Banks
Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
Moira L- Moderator, Nora Edwards, David Glass
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