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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
MORSAIG Morsaig
Morsaig
Morsaig
Mr Lachlan Grant, Tenant
Revd [Reverend] D McKinnon
Mr. Alexander McKinnon Crofter Sculamus, Broadford
051 This is a shepherd's dwelling house one story high, thatched, and only in middling repair It is situated near the south side of Loch Easaird, and about a mile to the West of Drumfearn, It is the property of Lord Macdonald Armadale Castle,
ALLT VOKIE Allt Vokie
Allt Vokie
Allt Vokie
Revd [Reverend] D McKinnon
Mr Lachlan Grant
Mr. A. McKinnon
051,052 This name applies to a small hill stream, situated a short distance to the East of Morsaig dwelling house, and on the South side of Loch Easaird, into which it runs It is an anglicised name the meaning being obscure,
SGEIR GORMUL Sgeir Ghrinneal
Sgeir Ghrinneal
Sgeir Ghrinneal
Sgeir Gormul
Revd. [Reverend] D. McKinnon
Mr. L. Grant
Mr. A. McKinnon
Admiralty Chart
2 boatmen from Ord
051 This name is given to a small low-water rock in Loch Easaird, situated about a mile to the West of the district of Heaste, It is entirely covered at high water The name is gaelic, and signifies "Island of Gravel" "Ghrinneal" was suggested by O.S. Exr. [Ordnance Survey Examiner] from the meaning given viz [videlicet] "gravel Island": the Examiner (field) wrote it "Gairneal", which was probably an error of transcription for Gormuil: an example of how false names are sometimes written. Gormul in Norse would mean "mud lump", a more probable Etymology than "Gorm-shùil" = blue-eye, the meaning given by the 2 boatmen.

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