OS1/18/11/43
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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ORASAY | Orasay Tudheidh |
Mr. J. MacMillan J McSweyn, Ground Officer A A Carmichael Esqr |
047 | Applies to an island covered with rough and heathy pasture, is about 1/2 mile long by 1/2 mile wide and is connected with the promontory called Meaniah at low water, by a strip of stony beach Signification Obscure Proprietor John Gordon Esqr. |
WIAY BEG | Ornsay Isd. [Island] Orasay Wiay Beg Oriseidh Mharuis |
Mr. J. MacMillan Johnston's Map J. McSweyn Ground Officer A A Carmichael Esqr |
047 | Is applied to a pretty large island , lies off the east coast of the island of Benbecula and is covered with heathy pasture Signification Obscure Proprietor John Gordon Esqr |
BEARRAN | Bearran Na Beuradhan Na Bearrain |
Mr J Mac Millan Admiralty Chart A A Carmichael Esq |
047 | This name is given to a cluster of little islands lying in the mouth of Loch Uskavagh the largest are covered with pasture and the smaller are merely high water rocks Signification Obscure Proprietor John Gordon Esqr. |
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