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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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VIKISGILL BURN | Vikisgill Burn Vikisgill Burn |
Mr Nicolson School master Carbost Mr A. Mathison Carbost. |
038 | This name signifies "Burn of the little white fish" and is applied to a good sized stream having its source from the confluance of Allt na Creadha with another stream of similar size, it flows northerly till it enters the head of Loch Harport. |
DÙN MERKADALE | Dùn Merkadale | Mr Nicolson School master Carbost. Mr A. Mathison Carbost. |
038 | Is applied to the remains of a Dun or one of those supposed forts of which there are so many in this locality, it is situate on a prominent hillock a short distance south west from the shepherds house called Treen. There is only a few loose stones remaning, propably the stones have been carried away for building purposes. No english meaning can be got in the locality for the word Mhearchdadail. |
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[Page] 87Isle of Skye -- County of Inverness -- Ph [Parish] of Bracadale
[note] Merkadale Norse for "March or "boundary dale"
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