OS1/18/6/95

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
CNOC A' CHAISTEIL Cnoc a' Chaisteil Mr John Morrison
A. A. Carmichael Esq
031 Is applied to a small Knoll situate close to the highwater mark 10 chains west from Tobar Didomhnuich. Signification "The castle Knoll".
CASTLE (Site of) Castle (site of) Mr John Morrison
A. A. Carmichael Esq
031 This is said to be the site of an ancient castle, of what period I could not ascertain. There is nothing remaining to mark the spot unless a small hollow surrounded by the tract of what appears to have been a bank, which is 160 feet in diameter. It is situate 7 chains north west of Cnoc a Chaisteil.
FAOGHAIL VALLAQUIE Foaghail Vallaquie
Faughail Bhala-cuith
J. Macdonald Esq Factor
Mr John Morrison
A. A. Carmichael Esq
031 Is applied to a narrow channel of the sea which can be forded at high water, situate between Vallaquie and Trumisgarry. The name signifies "Vallaquie ford".

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