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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
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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