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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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LORD MACDONALD'S TABLE | Lord MacDonald's Table | Revd. [Reverend] John McKenzie. Revd. [Reverend] A. Martin. Lauchlin MacKay |
001 | This name applies to a small Isle and lying in the Little Minch and about five miles nouth-west of the most northerly part of SKye. It is generally known by the name Table, or Lord MacDonald's Table, Captain Fraser, proprietor. |
GARRAN ISLAND | Garran Island | Revd. [Reverend] John McKenzie. Revd. [Reverend] A. Martin. Lauchlin MacKay |
001 | This name signifies "Horse" and applies to a small Island situated immediately to the west of Lord MacDonald's Table. Captain Fraser proprietor. |
SGEIR NAM MAOL | Sgeir Nam Maol | Revd. [Reverend] John McKenzie. Revd. [Reverend] A. Martin. Lauchlin MacKay. |
001 | This name applies to several rocks which are Visible at low water, on one of these rocks their is a Beacon Constructed entirely of iron, and having a sort of Cage on the top Capable of Containing five or six men, in Case of shipwreck. It stands about forty feet high, and is generally known as "Sgeir na monal beacon". |
BEACON [Sgeir nam Maol] | Beacon | Revd. [Reverend] John McKenzie. Rev. [Reverend] A. Martin. Lauchlin MacKay |
001 | This name applies to several rocks which are Visible at low water, on one of these rocks their is a Beacon Constructed entirely of iron, and having a sort of Cage on the top Capable of Containing five or six men, in Case of shipwreck. It stands about forty feet high, and is generally known as "Sgeir na monal beacon". |
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