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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
ALLT A' BHAINNE Allt a' Bhainne Mr William McKay, Kilmachalmack 011 A stream rising three quarters of a mile southeast of Innis Tioram and flowing northeast into Loch na Ochtow. Meaning, "Stream of the Milk".
ALLT NA BRUAICH RUAIDHE Allt na Bruaich Ruaidhe Mr William McKay, Kilmachalmack 011 A stream rising near the Glac Dhomhain and flowing westward into Allt a' Bhainne. Issuing again from Allt a' Bhainne it flows past Bruach Ruadh and again joins the stream near Loch na Ochtow. Meaning "Stream of the Red Bank".
BRUACH RUADH Bruach Ruadh Mr William McKay, Kilmachalmack 011 A small hillside half a mile south of Loch na Ochtow. Meaning, "Red Bank."
LOCH AN OCHTOW Loch an Ochtow Mr William McKay, Kilmachalmack 011 A small Loch a mile south of InveroyKel. Meaning "Ochtow Loch".

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Sheet 11. Parish of Kincardine, -- Ross-shire.

Loch an Ochtow [notes]
Better maKe Octow a noun masculine
as it has Broad vowels, & is therefore properly a noun masculine

A definite noun feminine
beginning with a vowel require
h- before in the gen. sing. [genitive singular] and in the
nom. dat. [nominative dative] and accus. [accusative] plural
This was overlooKed when revising the Gaelic List

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