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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOBAR CHAON | Tobar Chaon Tobar Chaon Tobar Chaon |
Mr. McDonald Ord Rev. [Reverend] A. McGregor Inverness Mr. John Macrae Mr. Duncan Macintyre |
051 | This name signifies "Caon's Well" and applies to a well dedicated to "St. [Saint] Chaon or Congan or Caon" situated immediately West of "Ord" farm house there is the ruins of a place of Worship adjacent having the name "Teampull Chaon" |
| ORD | Ord | Mr. McDonald, Ord Rev. [Reverend] A. McGregor Inverness Mr. John Macrae Mr. Duncan Macintyre |
051 | This name is Anglicized & applies to large farm house two Stories high, Slated, and in good repair, with suitable out offices detached the latter are partly slated and partly thatched. The situation is on the west of the parish of Sleat and about Eight miles north of Armadale Castle. Right Hon [Honourable] Lord McDonald proprietor This name may be either Celtic from Òrd "a round steep mountain"; or Norse from Jord (pron? [pronounced] Yord) "a property, piece of land" The former name is not descriptive of the ground. |
| SGEIR NAM FIADH | Sgeir nam Fiadh | Mr. McDonald, Ord Rev. [Reverend] A. McGregor Inverness Mr. John Macrae Mr. Duncan Macintyre |
051 | This name signifies "Deers Rock" and applies to a Low-water rock Situated a Short distance west of the farm-house of Ord. |
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[Page] 139County of Inverness -- Parish of Sleat -- Isle of Skye.
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