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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
STACA MHIC CÙBHAIG Staca Mhic Cùbhaig
Staca Mhic Cùbhaig
Staca Mhic Cùbhaig
John Morrison
John McKay
Allan Ross
005 [situation] On the sea shore in the South W [West] section of the plan 100 chains W.S.W [West South West] of Mealabost.
A point of shore, which is covered at high water. It consists of small rocks which are seen only at low water. Signifies McCuaig's Rock
BORGH MHOR Borgh Mhor or Cuig Peghinnean
Borgh Mhor or Cuig Peghinnean
Borgh Mhor or Cuig Peghinnean
John Morrison
John McKay
Allan Ross
005 [situation] The South W. [Western] portion of the village of Borgh 80 chains S.W. [South West] by S. [South] of Mealabost.
The south western portion of the village of Borgh, the houses of which are very rudely constructed, being composed of sods and stones, and thatched with straw. There is a branch road, from the Stornoway and Ness road passing through the village to the sea-shore. The soil is tolerably good. There Continued in next page [31]
FIVE PENNY BORVE Col. [Colonel] J. Farquharson C.B. [Companion of the Order of the Bath] R.E. [Royal Engineers] Director General Ord. [Ordnance] Survey.
Mr. J. Mathieson O.S. [Ordnance Survey] Edinburgh 1896.
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Staca Mhic Cùbhaig [note] Mac Cuthaig's Rock [Cliff or Islet]

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