OS1/32/6/169
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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Alltan a' Chaoruinn | Alltan a' Chaorruin Alltan a' Chaorruin |
Duncan McIntyre Shepherd James Buchanan Shepherd |
014.09 | A short stream coming from the South of "Bad Ochainaich" & flowing into the "Burn of Achlais", having, before entering "White's Plantation", a remarkable Rowan tree or Mountain Ash on its side, which is descriptive of the Gaelic Name signifying, Little Stream of the Rowantree. The name is well known. |
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[Page] 169Co. [County] Stirling -- Buchanan Parish
[Note under Alltan a' Chaorruin:]
"Alltan. The diminutive of Allt. A mountain stream
Chaorruinn. (from Caorruinn) the Mountain Ash
See spelling Caorruinn page 81 &c.
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Alison James- Moderator, Gerald Cummins
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