OS1/17/53/99
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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LOCH NA FAILEAN | Loch na Failean Loch na Feilean Loch na Feilean |
John Fleming Esqr Ballindalloch Mr John Macpherson Killihuntly Estate Plan |
102 | A small circular hollow in which is a deposit of water which is pretty well supplied with a weed called Bog-bin from which, in gailic, the name is derived Situated in a moorland plain and about 30 chains W.S.W. [West Southwest] of Tromie Bridge -- Meaning Loch of the bud |
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Parish of Kingussie County of Inverness[page] 99
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Loch an Fhàilein
It is either Loch na Failein
or Loch an Fhailein
an -- if the aspirated form be retained
na -- if the plain form be retained
Ought it not be the plural that is Loch nam Fàilein?
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