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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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BAY QUARRY (Disused) | Bay Quarry (Disused) Bay Quarry (Disused) Bay Quarry (Disused) |
Rev [Reverend] John Gibson Mr. George Williamson Mr. McBrien |
090 | This name applies to a Sandstone quarry situated about two miles from the village of Avoch and on the northern bank of Munlochy Bay It is supposed that the most of the stones which built Fort George was taken out of this quarry It is at present disused it being planted with fir property of James Fletcher Esqr Rosehaugh by Avoch |
CRAIGACH WELL | Craigach Well Craigach Well |
Statistical Account Parish of Avoch Mr. George McKenzie Farmer Ballone |
090 | This name is applied to a Spring well of great celebrity situated on the northern Bank of Munlochy Bay about 2 miles from the village of Munlochy it is annually resorted to by numbers of invalids on the first Sunday of Summer it is customary for them to wash their face or disease with a piece of Cotton or linen which they leave at the well with the belief that their disease remains with it It has no mineral properties and is the property of James Fletcher Esqr. |
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