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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
CLANREOCH Clanreoch
Clanreoch
Clanreoch
Gleannreoch
Valuation Roll
Alexander Dewar, Schoolmaster
James McMerrich
Rev [Reverend] Dr. [Doctor] McFarlan
006 A name applied to three Cottars' houses at the western extremity of Tarbet (one being on Trace 2), Clanreoch, which is the recognised name is supposed, by Dr. [Doctor] McFarlan, to be a corruption of "Gleannreoch", or the streaked or spotted glen.
STUCKDHU Stuck-dhu
Stuck-dhu
Stuck-dhu
James McMerrich, Proprietor
Alexander Dewar, Schoolmaster
Rev. [Reverend] Dr. [Doctor] Mcfarlan
006 A small cottage occupied by the Shepherd on the farm of Stuckgown, The name is derived from Stuchd, a cliff or dark hillside, and dhu black.
TARBET BURN Tarbet Burn James McMerrich
Alexander Dewar, Schoolmaster
Rev. [Reverend] Dr. [Doctor] McFarlan
006 A good stream rising a short distance south west of "Ballyhennan T.P. [Turn Pike]" and flowing in an easterly direction falls into "Loch Lomond" at the village of "Tarbet".

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Co [County] Dumbarton -- Parish of Arroquhar

[Below entry for Stuckdhu:]
"Stuchd," A little hill jutting out from a greater. (G). [Gaelic]
"Dhubh" - Black (G). [Gaelic]

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