OS1/17/53/99

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
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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