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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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POLL NA CAORACH | Poll na Caorach Poll na Caorach |
Mr. A. Ross. Crofter, Clasmugach Rev [Reverend] J. M. Joass, Golspie |
112 | Applies to an Estuary of the "Dornoch Firth" Situated about a 1/4 of a mile to the South of "SKibo Castle and Extending Southwards to within a Few chains of "Ferrytown Inn" And having an Inlet to the East, adjacent to "Sròn Liath". The Boundary between the Phs. [Parishes] of Dornoch and Creich runs through this Estuary, and is formed by the Channel of "Allt Garbh". for a considerable distance untill the above Stream Enters the Channel of the "River Evelix" the latter then becoming the Boundary till it Enters the "Dornoch Firth. This name signifies "The Sheeps Pool". |
POLL NA CURAICH 1 - inch Revision Oct. [October] 1894. | Poll na Curaich Poll na Curaich Poll na Curaich |
Mr. Robert Brebner manager Skibo Mr. William MacKintosh. Acharry Muir Mr. John McKenzie Lonmore |
112 | [Signifies] Pool of the coracle or wicker boat |
ALLT GARBH | Allt Garbh Allt Garbh |
Mr. A. Ross. Crofter, Clasmugach Rev [Reverend] J. M. Joass, Golspie |
112 | This Stream Enters the Parish about 3/4 of a Mile West of "SKibo Castle and after flowing through "Poll na Caorach" for about a mile it Enters the Channel of the "River Evelix" a short distance South of "Sròn Liath", the name Signifies "The Rough Burn" it forms the Boundary between the Phs. [Parishes] of Dornoch and Creich. |
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[Page] 60Sutherland -- Ph. [Parish] of Dornoch
Poll na Caorach [Crossed out]
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