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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BOG A' PHUINNSEIN Bog a' Phuinnsein Rev Mr Campbell, Free Church Kiltearn
Mr F Munro, Alness
065 This name is given to a stretch of mud comprising about a fourth part of the foreshore in connection with this parish. The mud is very deep and rarely if ever quite free from water. The name means "Poisoned Bog".
ALNESS POINT Alness Point Black's Map of Scotland
Mr Munro, Mains of Novar
Mr A. Gow, Factor, Novar
065 A tract of land extending into the Cromarty Firth immediately west of the mouth of the River Alness. Property of Stuart C. Munro Esq.
ALNESS BAY Alness Bay Mr R.Maclean, Easter Ardross
Mr A. Gow, Factor, Novar
065 A Bay on the north side of the Cromarty Firth, extending from Alness Point on the north east (in the parish of Alness) to Balconie Point on the South West (in the parish of Kiltearn) the Parish Boundary between Alness & Rosskeen runs nearly through the centre of it.

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