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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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AM PRIOSAN | Am Prìosan | Mr Donald Walker Daliburgh S [South] Uist A.A. Carmichail Esq A. Morrison |
057 | This name is applied to the remains of an ancient prison which was built on a small high water rock in the SW [South West] extremity of Loch Boisdale little is known of the history of this antiquity only that it is traditionally known as a place of Confinement its Signification is the "prison". |
EILEANAN An A' PHRIOSAIN | Eilean an a' Phrìosain | Mr Donald Walker Mr McAulay A.A. Carmichail Esq A. Morrison. |
057 | This name is applied to a number of Small Islands Situate in the S.W. [South West] Extremity of Loch Boisdale their Signification is the "Islands of the prison". |
EILEAN NAN RÀMH | Eilean nan Ràmh | Mr Donald Walker Mr McAulay A.A. Carmichal Esq A. Morrison |
057 | This name is applied to a small Island Situate to West of the hars Channel which joins Bagh Cill Earion with the outer portion of Loch Boisdale its Signification is the "sad Island". |
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