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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOM NA PAIDIRE | Tom na Paidire | Revr. [Reverend] Duncan Campbell Malcolm Walker Peter Turner |
010 | A name applied to a small flat topped knoll coverd with coppice wood, about 20 chains south of the village of Luss, the name signifies the Bead Knoll, or Knoll of the Beads. |
| ALLT NA' CAORACH | Allt an Chaorach | Revr. [Reverend] Duncan Campbell Peter Turner Duncan Farlane |
010 | A small stream rising at "Creag na Gaibhire" pursuing an Eastrly direction passing "Darroch Cottage" and falls into "Luss Water" at the turnpike road bridge about 17 chains South of "Luss". |
| STONE COFFINS FOUND HERE [Luss churchyard] | Stone Coffins found here | Revr. [Reverend] Duncan Campbell Dugald McCallum New Statistical Account. |
010 | "In the church yard there were discovered some stone coffins of considerable antiquity but without any inscription." Stone coffins were found at the east end of the Parish Church distance about 70 links. one still remains. no account can be got as to the date they were found |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 9County Dumbarton Parish of Luss
[Below entry for Tom na Paidire:]
"Tom na Paidire", (G.) [Gaelic] The Beads' Knoll, or hill.
[Below entry for Allt na Caorach, corrected from All a' Chaorach:]
Caora, is a noun fem. [feminine]
by all Gaelic writers of
note, it is so in all the
published grammars, in
the Gaelic Bible, &c. &c.
"Allt a' Chaorach", The Sheep Burn
[Below entry for Stone Coffins found here:]
does not appear on Plan
Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
Alison James- Moderator, Tom Colquhoun
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