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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
GALLOW HILL Càrn na Croiche Gallow Hill
Càrn na Croiche Gallow Hill
Càrn na Croiche Gallow Hill
Rev. [Reverend] Evan Gordon
Mr Evan Macbean
Mr A. Macdonald
025; 026.13 Applies to a large wooded hill lying on the east side [of] the Highland Railway fiv[e] miles north of Grantown Sta[tion] Tradition says that this was an ancient place of execut[ion] hence - "Hill of the Gallows".
HUMAN REMAINS FOUND HERE A.D. 1865 [Gallow Hill] 025; 026.13 (Human Remains were found on this h[ill]
in 1865 -)
CREAG AN FHITHICH Creag an Fhithich
Creag an Fhithich
Creag an Fhithich
Rev [Reverend] Evan Gordon
Mr Evan Macbean
Mr John MacKenzie Darrich
029 A Gaelic name signfying "Raven's Craig" applied to a high precipitous rock ov[er]hanging Allt an Fhithich directly south of Carn na Cr[oiche]
ALLT AN FHITHICH Allt an Fhithich
Allt an Fhithich
Allt an Fhithich
Rev [Reverend] Evan Gordon
Mr Evan Macbean
Mr John Mackenzie
030.13 Is applied to a considerable stream rising due south [of] Carn Clais an Eich, flowin[g] under Creag an Fhithich and down that romantic gle[n] of which that rock is the hea[d] onwards until it [joins] the River Spey about 12 Chains south of the Boat of Cromdale "Raven's Burn."

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Elginshire -- Parish of Cromdale, Inverallan, & Advie

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