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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site of LOCH ORE | Site of Loch Ore Site of Loch Ore Site of Loch Ore Loch Ore Loch Ore Loch Ore Site of Inchgall Loch Loch Ore Lochore Loch Lochore Loch Ore |
Mr. Ramsay (Chapel) Mr. Robertson (Chapel) Mr. Andrew Greig (Kelty Colliery) Chambers' Gazetteer Fullarton's Gazetteer Brown's History of the Highlands page 20 Mr Bayley W.S. [Writer to the Signet] (Factor) Chalmers Caledonia New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] Sibbald's Fife & Kinross |
030 | [situation]1¾ Miles N.E. by E. [North East by East] of Kelty. This Loch was drained about Seventy years ago and the ground which it then Covered is now in a good State of Cultivation. The once eastern and southern boundaries of the Loch are visible but the Western and northern Cannot be so well observed. "The lake of Lochore is now entirely drained and the bed produces good crops." Near to the eastern Side "are still the ruins of the old once loch-encircled Castle surrounded by trees with the outer wall pretty entirely loop-holed and turreted" Decriptive Atlas of Scotland page 222: with the Loch Inchgall Castle tower and fortalis of the Same (Crown Charter) |
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[page] 56[Orthography] Site of Loch Ore formerly Inchgall. Loch John Bayly.
Note: Mr. Bayley Factor for Lochore Says that the Loch and Castle should be Written Inchgall as that is the name they go by in the Crown Charter or Title Deeds. Mr Bayley Considers Lochore a modern name, given to the present manor-house when it was erected. The name of the Barony was Inchgall. John Bayly.
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