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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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CNOCAN NA GOBHAR | Cnocan na Gobhar | The Revd. [Reverend] D McKinnon Kilbride Broadford Mr Kenneth Macrae Sheep Manager Strathaird House By Broadford Mr. Thomas Macrae, Farmer Glasna Cille Strathaird |
This name applies to a large Cairn of Stones situated on the N Bank of Abhuinn Cill Mhaire and a short distance to the N [North] of Cille Mhaire Shooting lodge Through an old tradition it is believed to be a place of Druidical cremation a Cist has been found in this Cairn also Several pieces of Stone of Curious designe The property of Alexander Macalister Esq Strathaird Signifies "Knoll of the Goats" | |
CNOCAN NAN GOBHAR | Cnocan na Gobhar | Rev. [Reverend] A. McDonald, Kiltarlity, 1896. | 050 | This name applies to a large Cairn of Stones situated on the N Bank of Abhuinn Cill Mhaire and a short distance to the N [North] of Cille Mhaire Shooting lodge Through an old tradition it is believed to be a place of Druidical cremation a Cist has been found in this Cairn also Several pieces of Stone of Curious designe The property of Alexander Macalister Esq Strathaird Signifies "Knoll of the Goats" |
CILL MHAIRE (Burial Ground) | Cill Mhaire | Rev. [Reverend] A. McDonald, Kiltarlity, 1896. | 050 | This name is applied to a burying ground situated at the mouth of Amhuinn Cill Mhaire and about three quarters of a mile to the S E [South East] of Strathaird House its Signification is St. Mary's buring place; tradition says a chapel stood in the graveyard but no trace of it is now visable, it was dedicated to St. Mary. |
DÙN Site of [Kilmarie] | Dùn Site of | Mr. John McLean Gamekeeper, Kilmarce Broadford | 050 | This name applies to the Site of an ancient Dùn or Fort Situate near the Coast ½ a Mile S [South] from Kilmarce. It appears to have been of Circular shape, and a quantity of rough stones mark the Site. JTH |
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