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

Balnacraig
Mr Colin McKinnon Borve
Mr Donald McMillan Shepherd Kentangual Barra
Johnston's Map
064 This name is applied to a small district on the West Coast of Barra and to the N [North] of the Village of Borve it is laid out in small crofts they are on the whole pretty fair as to the class of arable the dwelling are all thatched & in bad repair
Site of TIGH TALAMHANTA Tigh Talamhanta A. A. Carmichael Esq. 064 This name is applied to what is pointed out as the site of an Earthern house the habitation of some ancient people who inhabited this Island before any history was written thereof. It is supposed to have been one the the houses in use in the times of the Picts.
ABHUINN MHÒR Abhuinn Mhor A. A. Carmichael Esq. 064 This name is applied to a large stream flowing in an Westerly direction between the Village of Borve and the hamlet of Bal Balnacraig it gradually curves at the west end of the Village of Borve and to its mouth flows in a northerly direction till it falls into the sea at the south end of Tràigh Hamara.

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

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