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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
AM BUACHAILLE Am Buachaille
Am Buachaille
Am Buachaille
Mr. John Macdonnell Glentromie Lodge
Mr. John Campbell Gaick
Mr. John McPherson Lynaberack
102 a Conspicuous hill or promontory situated a little W. [West] of Cabhan a' Buachaille or a little north of a Slopping ground called Leacann a' Bhuachaille, and is a name pretty well known. meaning, cow-Herd or sheep-Herd Bo-Ghille a Cow herd, also Shepherd etc - Proprietor, Sir George Macpherson Grant Baronet
LEACANN A' BHUACHAILLE Leacann an Buachaille
Leacann a' Bhuachaille
Leacann a' Bhuachaille
Leacann Bhuachaille
Mr John Macdonnell Glentromie Lodge
Mr. John Campbell Gaick
Mr. John McPherson Lynaberack
102 Indicates the name of the W. [West] Slopping face of a hill called The Buachaille, extending to the lower foot path or about 20. chains N.S.W. [North South West] of Said Buachaille and is an old name, meaning, applied frequently to a Steep Shelay [?] ground Proprietor Sir George Macpherson Grant Baronet
COIRE MHILL DHUIBH Coire Mheall Dubh Coire Meall Dubh
Coire Mheall Dubh
Mr. John Macdonnell Glentromie Lodge
Mr. John Campbell Gaick
Mr. John McPherson Lynaberach
102 a Corry, a little n.w. [north west] of a conspicuous curve of Allt Ghiubhais and about a mile n. [north] of a hill called "Buachaille" meaning, Black Hill's Corry. Proprietor Sir G. McPherson Grant Ballindalloch

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Parish of Kingussie -- County of Inverness

Notes Stump is written beneath all three entries in the List of Names column.

An (h) and an (i) have been written above the word "Dubh" to indicate a spelling correction, as in "Dhuibh" for the entry for Coire Mheall Dubh in the Modes of Spelling column.

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