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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
RUDH' NAN SGARBH Rudh nan Sgarbh
Rudh nan Sgarbh
Rudh nan Sgarbh
Rev. [Reverend] A. Galbraith
Mr Nicolson
Mr John McKinnon
019 This name Signifies "Point of the Cormorant" and applied to a headland Situated on the N [North] East side of "Eilean Tigh" Property of W. Armatage Esqr. Raasay House
RUDHA NAN SGARBH [1895] Rev. [Reverend] A. M. Donald, Kiltarlity, Beauly N.B. [North Britain] 1895.
LOCH A' SGUIRR Loch a' Squirr Rev. [Reverend] A. Galbraith
Mr Nicolson
Mr John McKinnon
019 This name Signifies "Loch of the Hacks or notches" and applies to a Saltwater Loch Situated at the north-wesern extremity of the Island of Raasay
AN CAOL An Caol Rev. [Reverend] A. Galbraith
Mr Nicolson
Mr John McKinnon
019 Applies to a district including several small dwellings partly Cultivated & partly [Grazing] situated at the northern [extremity] of the Island of Raasay, the [dwellings] or Croft houses with Byres attached are all one Story high, thatched and in Bad repair. W. Armatage Esqr Proprietor Signifies "The Kyle"

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County of Inverness -- Parish of Portree -- Island of Raasay

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