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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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BEN CHRACAIG | Ben Chracaig | Revd. [Reverend] John Darroch Revd. [Reverend] A. Martin Angus MacPherson |
024 | A large long topped heathy pasture hill situated about ¾ of a mile to the east of Portree. Property of Lord Macdonald Its meaning is Rocky Hill |
MACCOITIR'S CAVE | MacCoitir's Cave | Revd. [Reverend] John Darroch Revd. [Reverend] A. Martin Angus MacPherson |
024 | Applied to cave having its entrance, which is small, in the Sgeir Ruadh and extending it is said to Loch Fada. but it has only been explored for a few hundred yards. It is named after a man of that name that is said to have inhabited it |
SGURR RUADH | Sgùrr Ruadh | Revd. [Reverend] John Darroch Revd. [Reverend] A. Martin Angus MacPherson |
024 | A range of precipitous rocks situated on the eastern side of Beinn Chragach. property of Lord Macdonald. Its meaning is Red Rock |
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[Page] 41County of Inverness -- Ph. [Parish] of Portree -- Skye
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