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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
SCRETAN Scretan
Scretan
Scretan
Arthur Forbes Esq. of Culloden
Mr. Evan Logan, Seafield
Mr. Hugh Mackay, forester, Culloden
004 A gully through which flows a stream. It is covered with wood. The name is anglicised from the Gaelic "Sgrìodan", and is descriptive of the place. Property of Eneas Mackintosh Esq. of Raigmore.
SCRETAN BRIDGE Scretan Bridge
Scretan Bridge
Scretan Bridge
Arthur Forbes Esq. of Culloden
Mr. Hugh Mackay, forester, Culloden
Mr. John Fraser, Cairnlaw.
004 A small, stone bridge, on the turnpike road between Inverness and Nairn, through which flows Scretan Burn. Repaired by the county.
SCRETAN BURN Scretan Burn
Scretan Burn
Scretan Burn
Arthur Forbes Esq. Culloden
Mr. Hugh Mackay, forester
Mr. Peter Paterson, Milltown
004 A short, small stream which issues on the farm of Seafield; flows through the gully of Scretan - from which it takes its name - then pierces the Highland Railway passes through the Inverness & Nairn turnpike road, by the Scretan Bridge; and immediately after enter the Moray Firth. Eneas William Mackintosh Esq. of Raigmore, proprietor.

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County of Inverness -- Parish of Inverness and Bona

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Scretan Bridge - written beneath this entry on original page - (R. Print)

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