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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
ALLT NAN GEAL-CHÀRN Allt nan Geal-chàrn
Allt nan Geal-chàrn
Allt nan Geal-chàrn
Mr McIntosh, Postman, Isleornsay
Mr Kennedy Postmaster Isleornsay
Revd [Reverend] A McGregor, Inverness
058 This name applies to a small hill stream which runs out of Loch Baraveg, and follows an Easterly direction for about a mile, when it enters the Sound of Sleat, about a mile to the south of Camascross. It is a gaelic name which signifies Stream of the White Cairns
BUAILE MHÒR Buaile Mhòr
Buaile Mhòr
Buaile Mhòr
Mr McIntosh
Mr Kennedy
Revd [Reverend] A McGregor
058 This name applies to a large hollow at the bottone of the above stream and extending on both its sides. It is covered with good grass pasture, and the name being gaelic signifies, Large Fold.
ÒB SNUSAICH Òb Snusaich
Òb Snusaich
Òb Snusaich
Mr McIntosh
Mr Kennedy
Revd [Reverend] A McGregor
058 This name applies to a very small bay in the Sound of Sleat, about 3/4 of a mile South of the district of Camascross, and forming the South-western boundary of Ard Snusaich, As its meaning is obscure, it has been Anglicized

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County of Inverness (Isle of Skye) -- Parish of Sleat

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