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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BOGACH LOCH STEINAVAT Steinavat Bay
Bogach Loch Steinavhat
Bogach Loch Steinavat
Mr John Morrison
A. A. Carmichael Esq
J. Macdonald Esq
031 This name is applied to a piece of flat and soft moorland situate adjacent and east of Loch Steinavat. Sir J. P. Orde is proprietor. [an addendum reads: "This is not what is generally understood a s a "Bog or Moss" if it was it would have been written in".]
GLAC GHLAS Glac Ghlas Mr John Morrison
A. A. Carmichael Esq
031 This name is applied to a small hollow on the side of a hill 1/4 mile south from Loch Steinavat. Signification "Gray glack". [glack means defile - or pass or gorge - between mountains]
RUDHA NA CO-STRITH Rudha na Co-strith Mr John Morrison
A. A. Carmichael Esq
J. Macdonald Esq
031 Is applied to a point of land on the shore of Loch Steinavat. The name signifies "Point of the quarrel".

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