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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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Cross Burn | Cross Burn Cross Burn Cross Burn |
William McFarlane Old Manse D. McIntyre Cul an Eudain D. McLaren Tigh an laoigh |
013.08 | A small stream which runs in a cross direction from all the other streams flowing from "Beinn Bhreachd", from which hill they flow southwards, from north, but this flows from west to south-east - hence the name, and it is well known. "Cross Burn" widens near its junction with the "Burn of Mar". |
Tom a' Mhorair | Tom a Mhorfhir Tom a Mhorfhir Tom a Mhorfhir |
D. McLaren Tigh an laoigh D. McIntyre, Cul an Eudain Revd. Dr. [Reverend Doctor] McFarlane |
013.08 | An unimportant feature as regards height, but a well known name, signifying "the Marquis's hill". The top of this hill is as shewn by the dots on Trace, and its extent of fall or descent is to the burns north & south between which it stands. |
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[Page] 127Co. [County] Stirling -- Buchanan Parish
[Note under Tom a Mhorhir:]
Tom a' Mhor-fhir
or more properly
Tom a' Mhorair
"Tom", (G. [Gaelic]) a hill
"Mhorfhir", (G. [Gaelic]) from Morfhear, an Earl,
Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
Alison James- Moderator, Gerald Cummins
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