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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLT NA CRICHE | Allt na Criche Allt na Criche Allt na Criche Allt na Criche |
Revd [Reverend] J. Logan, F.C. [Free Church] Manse Duthil Revd [Reverend] W. Forsyth, Manse Abernethy Revd [Reverend] W. Grant, Manse Duthil Mr D. Cameron, Postoffice Croft |
058 | A small burn collecting on the east side of Càrn Avie and running southward for a short distance; it then turns eastward and empties its waters into a small Loch called Loch na Carraigean. The name signifies Burn of the Boundary or March. |
| CLAIS A' MHADAIDH | Clais a' Mhadaidh | Revd. [Reverend] W. Grant Manse Duthil Mr A. Anderson, Gamekeeper, Auchterblair New Statistical Account |
045 | Situated in a Copse wood at the farm of Lochanhully The following is taken from New Statistical Account A short time previous to the extirpation Wolf's from this district a woman that resided on the farm of Lochanhully (about a mile to the west of the Church) and had been returning from a neighbours house with a gridiron or girdle in her hand, was met by a hugh animal of this kind in a narrow lane near her own house. They thus for a few moments stood gazing at one another, when the animal sprung upon its prey; but as she was in the act of seizing, she by a well directed blow with the edge of the gridiron cleft his head in two and laid him lifeless at her feet. In commemoration of this feat the lane is still called Clais a' Mhadaidh |
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[Page] 75County of Inverness Parish of Duthil and Rothiemurchus
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