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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
DÙN ALTABRUG Dùn Altabrug Mr Neil McIntyre
Mr McCormick
Mr Lamont, Gamekeeper
A A Carmichael esq
050 This name applies to a fort or Dun, situated on a small point of land, near the East end of Loch Altabrug. It is supposed to have been a "Danish fort. The walls are about four feet thick and about seven feet high, and in form eliptical. The meaning of the ruins is unknown.
ABHUINN GHEATRY Sgatary Burn
Abhuinn Scatairidh
Mr Lamont, Gamekeeper
Mr Neil McIntyre
A A Carmchael Esqr
050 ; 053 This name is applies to a small mountain river, which forms part of the boundary betwixt the district of Snishival, and Stoneybridge and which rises in the hills on the West side of Ben Mor, and runs in a Westerly direction until it enters Loch Fadda, about two miles South of the parish Church. The meaning is unknown

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