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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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CREAGAN AN T-SEILICH | Creag-an t' seileich Creag-an t' seileich Creag-an t' seileich Creag-an t' seileich |
Peter Turner Adam Walker Coll Lindsay Rev [Reverend] Dr. [Doctor] McFarlan |
010 | This name is applied to a small precipice of rocks, on the southern slope of "Ben Dhubh", about 40 chains north of "Tom-na-glas. |
CREAGANTUIE | Craig-en-tuie Craig-en-tuie Craig-en-tuie Craig-en-tuie |
Montague Martin, Esqr. Coll Lindsay Peter Turner |
010 | An old farm house now used as a smearing house. the property of Sir James Colquhoun Bart. [Baronet] and occupied by Coll Lindsay. Dr. [Doctor] McFarlan supposes the name to be a corruption of Creag-an-t'shuide. The resting rock. |
DUN AN T-SEILICH | Dun-an-t'Seileich Dun-an-t'Seileich Dun-an-t'Seileich Dun-an-t'Seileich Dun-an-t'Seileich |
Peter Turner Adam Walker Coll Lindsay John MacLellan Rev. [Reverend] Dr. [Doctor] McFarlan, |
010 | A small knoll on the south slope of "Ben Dhubh", about 20 chains north of Tom-na-glas. the name signifies, the Willow hill or knoll. |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 64County Dumbarton
[Below entry for Dun an t-Seilich:]
Corrected at Glasgow
"Dun, a knoll; a hillock; a mount, (G). [Gaelic]
Seilich, (from Sileach.) A willow,
"Dun an t-Seileich," - The willow knoll.
[Below entry for Creagan an t-Seilich:]
Corrected at Glasgow
Creag, (G) [Gaelic] a rock
Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
Alison James- Moderator, seamill, CorrieBuidhe- Moderator
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