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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
CREAG A' MHADAIDH Creag a' Mhadaidh
Creag a' Mhadaidh
Creag a' Mhadaidh
Peter McIntyre, Stuckindroin
Malcolm Brodie, Garabal
Peter McIntyre, Inverarnan
004 A name applied to a precipitous rock. on the east side of Loch Lomond. Situated about a quarter of a mile South of Doune
MAOL AN FHITHICH Maol a' Fhithich
Maol a' Fhithich
Maol a' Fhithich
Peter McIntyre Malcolm Brodie Peter McIntyre 004 A conspicous knoll. rocky and situated about 30 chains South of Stob nan Eighrach
STOB NAN EIGHRACH Stob nan Eighrach
Stob nan Eighrach
Stob nan Eighrach
Peter McIntyre
Malcolm Brodie
Peter McIntyre
004 A sharp topped rocky hill of considerable height. Situated about ¾ of a mile East of Doune.

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County Dumbarton

[Below entry for Creag a'Mhadaidh:]
Creag, a rock, Mhadaidh, dog's.-
A definite noun masculine beginning with a consont [consonant]
except d l n r s t aspirates the genitive

[Below entry for Stob nan Eighrach:]
Stob, a stake, Eighrach, a local name for a sort of mountain strawberry.

[Below entry for Maol an Fhithich [corrected from Maol a' Fhithich]:]
Maol, a promontory, Fhithich, of the Raven.
The Raven's Height
Maol an Fhithich
The article an to be used before F aspirated in the genitive
The reason is obvious.

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Alison James- Moderator, Ann Bray

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