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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
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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Isle of Skye -- Parish of Kilmuir

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