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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
TOBAR NAN CEANN AND MONUMENT Tobar nan Ceann Mr Malcome; Factor
Estate plan
097 A square stone erection over the "Well of the Heads" with spiral top on the point of which is sculptured a hand grasping a Skean Dubh or Black Knife and holding seven heads by the hair. The story which gave origin to the name is told in Latan French Gaelic & English upon the four sides of the monument This is what it says in English.
As a Memorial of the anple and summary

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[TOBAR NAN CEANN AND MONUMENT] Well of the Heads Inscription on Pedestal
[TOBAR NAN CEANN AND MONUMENT] German Text
[TOBAR NAN CEANN AND MONUMENT] G. [German] Text
[TOBAR NAN CEANN AND MONUMENT] Stump

Transcriber's notes

MONUMENT [Tobar nan Ceann]
TOBAR NAN CEANN I have combined these rows to read TOBAR NAN CEANN AND MONUMENT

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Celia Skelton