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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lag-an-amair Wood | Lag an Amair Wood Lag an Amair Wood Lag an Amair Wood Lag an Amair Wood |
D. McLaren Tigh an laoigh R. Marshall Crath reoch C. McIntyre. Gamekeeper Revd. Dr. [Reverend Doctor] McFarlane |
013.07 | A wood of young oaks & birch, having some fir trees planted in it, between Strathcashell and the Parish Road. The name signifies "the hollow of the pool or dam". The wood is chiefly coppice. |
| Strathcashell | Strathcashell Strathcashell Strathcashell Strathcashell |
C. McIntyre Gamekeeper D. McLaren D. Mitchell Esqr J. Gardener Cashell |
013.07 | A couple of cottaries near a most remarkable & well known point of the Loch of the same name. The name is partly a corruption of Castle from the Castle at the Point, and "Strath" from the little strath through which the Cashell Burn flows before it enters the Loch. |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 120Co. [County] Stirling -- Buchanan Parish
[Notes under Lag-an-amair Wood:]
Original to stand as
written on plan at
Glasgow see Col. [Colonel] Cameron's
note
When a short Gaelic phrase is
joined with an English designation
in forming a proper name it is
better join the Gaelic words together
by hyphens i.e. when they are not too
long to form a compound word
Lag. (G. [Gaelic]) Weak. feeble
Amar (G. [Gaelic]) A trough, A channel - Gen. [Genitive] "Amair".
Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
Alison James- Moderator, Gerald Cummins
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