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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
Tom Flùir Tom Fluir
Tom Fluir
Tom Fluir
J Buchanan Comer
J. McFarlane Comer
A. McLaren Gamekeeper Strone McNair
J. McLaren Gamekeeper Strone McNair
004 "Tom Fluir" the flower hillock stands on the side of the Forth below "Ballymore".
It is a very remarkable hillock.
Ath Bàn Ath Ban J Buchanan Comer
J. McFarlane Comer
A. McLaren Gamekeeper Strone McNair
J. McLaren Gamekeeper Strone McNair
004 A few stepping stone in the Foert which are termed and widely known as Ath Ban or the fair ford.
Ath Cham Uillt Ath Chaim Uillt J Buchanan Comer
J. McFarlane Comer
A. McLaren Gamekeeper Strone McNair
J. McLaren Gamekeeper Strone McNair
004 This name signifies the Ford of the Crooked Stream which is applied to some stepping stones below "Loch Dubh" or "Loch Laoud".

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Co. [County] Stirling -- Buchanan Parish

[Note under Tom Flùir:]
"Tom" , a hill, a hillock
Flùir from Flùr, A flower

[Note under Ath Bàn:]
Bàn, white Ath - a ford
Ath - a ford

[Note under Ath Cham Uillt:]
"Chàim", from Càm, Crooked, bent
"Uillt" from Allt a mountain stream

An Adjective prefixed to its noun is indeclinable
The Adjective placed before its noun admits of being written with a hyphen
and in such a case as the above name it shows that it does not refer to the noun Ath
see Tri-uillt page 48

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