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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
ALLT DUACK Allt Duack Mr Munro, Mains of Novar
Mr R. Mackenzie, Joiner, Tallysow
Mr Cameron, Forester, Novar
065 This stream rises on the north side of Mhean a Chnoc; it serves as parish boundary, and jooins Big Burn near Novar House. Meaning unknown.
DEER PARK Deer Park Mr Munro, Mains of Novar
Mr R. Mackenzie, Tallysow
Mr Cameron, Forester, Novar
065 An enclosure originally a deer-park, a name which it still retains. It lies between "Cnoc na Croaig" and the "Toll Belt". Property of the Trustees of the late Col. [Colonel] Ferguson.
TOLL BELT Toll Belt Mr Munro, Mains of Novar
Mr R. Mackenzie, Tallysow
Mr Cameron, Forester, Novar.
065 Applies to a plantation consisting of hard wood & fir, extending nearly half a mile southwest ward of the old toll house and lying between the Deer Park and the county road. It is the property of the Trustees of the late Colonel Ferguson.

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Ross-shire -- Parish of Alness

Allt Duack [notes]
Dubhag or gen. sing. [genitive singular] Dubhaig prond [pronounced] liKe DiacK a deep pool in a river or stream quite common in Argyllshire and in Ireland.
Allt Dubhag or Dubhaig as the case may be
Dubhag - A deep or darK pool
Allt Dubhag or Dubhagan - Stream of deep pools

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