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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
LOCH NIGHE Loch Nighe Mr D. Stewart
A. A. Carmichael Esq
040040 This name means 'Washing loch and is applied to a small fresh water loch situated adjacent and north of Loch an t-Seilich.
EILEAN FHEARGHUIS Eilean Fhearghuis Mr D. Stewart
A. A. Carmichael Esq
040 This name means Fergus's Island and is applied to a small island situated on the foreshore of Loch Eford adjacent to Druim Shaidenish.
DRIM-SEIDINISH Druim-shaidinish
Drim-seidinish
Mr D. Stewart
A. A. Carmichael Esq
J. Macdonald Esq Factor
040 This name is applied to a small district situated on the south side of Loch Eford and to the east of Bruach an Fhionich. The dwelling houses are all one storey high thatched and in ordinary repair. Proprietor Sir J. P. Orde Bart [Baronet]. "Meaning obscure".

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County Inverness -- Parish North Uist

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