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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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BEALACH AN T-SAIC | Bealach an t-Saic Bealach an t-Saic Bealach an t-Saic |
Finlay Sinclair Colin MacKay Duncan McFarlan |
009 | A name signifying The pass of the burden, from the fact of ponies having been formerly driven through it laden with panniers. It is a slight and wide depression between "Ben Mheannach" and "Maol a' Fheidh". |
THE STRONE | The Strone | Finlay Sinclair Colin MacKay Duncan McFarlan |
009 | The anglicised form of the word An t-Sron - a projection. It applies to a long, narrow topped, regular shaped, projection of considerable height, shooting out from the South side of "Maol a'Fheidh". The farm of Strone, which lies at the base of its South end, derives its name from this. |
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[Page] 46Co [County] Dumbarton
[Below entry for Bealach an t-Saic:]
Bealach, - A pass. (G) [Gaelic]
Saic, from Sac, A load, a burden.
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Alison James- Moderator, Liz Stenhouse, CorrieBuidhe- Moderator
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