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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
ABHUINN A' BHÁRP Abhuinn a' Bhárp Mr. McFarlane, Shepherd. Caolas Stulay. Lochboisdale, A.A. Carmichael, Esq
S. McKenzie.
A. Steel.
055 This name Signifies "Stream of the Barp". it has its Source about A mile to the north-east of the Free Church. Daliburgh, and flows in a South easterly direction until it falls into Loch a' Bharp an estuary of Loch Boisdale,
BARP Barp Mr. McFarlane, Shepherd. Caolas Stulay. Lochboisdale, A.A. Carmichael [Esq] 055 This name applies to a large pile of Stones, in the middle of which there would Seem to have been a building, which Consisted of Several very large Slabs placed end ways, but the whole is now broken down, and does not assume any definite shape. These Barps as they are called, are supposed to have been burying places, at some remote period,

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