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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
ST BRENDAN'S CHAPEL (Ruins of) St. Brendan's Chapel (Ruins of) Mr Colin McKinnon Borve
Mr Donald MMillan Shepherd Kiutauguall Barra
Butler's Life's of the Saints
064 This name is applied to the rui of an ancient chapel on the West Coast of Barra it is about one half mile to the West of the Village of Borve and in the centre of the Grave Yard
No historical information can be added, nothing having been written on the churches in Barra except Cille Bharra"
PORT NA CILLE Port na Killa
Port na Cille
Admiralty Chart
A. A. Carmichael. Esq.
064 This name is applied to a small creek situate on the west coast of Barra and on the S W South West of Borve Point. This is not a good landing place for vessels of any description.
TRÀIGH CHAISE Traigh Chaise A. A. Carmichael. Esq 064 This name is applied to a small bay on the West coast of Barra it is situate a short distance to the west of the village of Borve.
STOUNG MORE Stoung More Mr. Colin McKinnon Borve. 064 Applies to a reef of rocks immediately South of Traigh Chais and ¼ mile west of Borve

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County of Inverness -- Parish of Barra (Island of Barra)

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St. Brendan's Chapel (Ruins of) - Old English
Port na Cille - Stump
Tràigh Chaise - Stump

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