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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
EILEAN NAN TIGHEAN Eilean nan Tighean Mr John Maclean late Schoolmaster Carinish
A. A. Carmichael Esq
039 This name signifies "Island of the house" and is applied to small island situated in the marsh known as Loch an Aba. There is a ruin on it.
LOCH AN ABA Loch an Aba Mr John Maclean
A. A. Carmichael Esq
039 This name signifies "Abbots Loch" and is applied to a marsh situated adjacent and to the north of the district known as Garbhac Cuartalain.
LOG NAN CAORACH Log nan Caorach Mr John Maclean
A. A. Carmichael Esq
039 This name means The Sheep Hollow and is applied to a croft full of small hollows situated adjacent and to the north of the marsh known as Loch an Aba. Proprietor Sir John P. Orde.

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Parish of North Uist -- County of Inverness

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