OS1/17/21/120
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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BRIDGE OF OICH | Bridge of Oich | Mr McLeod Mr McPherson Mr D. Munro |
068 | This was originally a stone bridge of apparently 2 arches, but some years ago a portion was washed away and only one arch remains. The deficiency being made up by a wooden structure. It is situated immediately north of Fort Augustus and crossing the River Oich, near its junction with Loch Ness, and on the County road from Fort Augustus to Inverness. |
TOM A' MHOID | Tom a' Mhòid | Rev. [Reverend] J. McLean Mr H. McDonald Mr A. McPherson |
068 ; 083 | This name signifies "The Court Hill" and is applied to an eminence situated a short distance South east of the farmhouse of Borlum so named from the supposition that Assemblies or Courts were held here. the property of a. J. Fraser Esq. of Abertarff. It is a natural feature. |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 120County of Inverness -- Parish of Boleskine & Abertarff
Tom a' Mhòid - 83 Lieut. [Lieutenant] Nixon's work
Bridge of Oich - It is a county bridge
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