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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
LOCH NA LEARG Loch na Learg
Loch Dearg
Capt. [Captian] A. Macdonald Fasch House
Mr J. Macdonald
Donald Macdonald
016 Loch frequented in former times by the "Learg" or "Rain Goose" now extinct on the Island. Means "Red Loch" This Loch is situated in the Hill top known as Ben Diubaig

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Parish of Duirinish -- Isle of Skye

LOCH NA LEARG * Adopted on the authority of the Head of the Clan Macdonald who is an old and keen sportsman & proprietor. There is nothing of a red colour in the immediate neighbourhood of this Loch
Alten Beamish Captn RE [Captain Royal Engineers] 1 Oct [October] 1880

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