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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
ALLT A' CHAORUINN Allt a' Chaoruinn
Allt a' Chaoruinn
Revd. [Reverend] J M Joass
Mr. Donald Munro
014 This name applies to a Small Stream having its Source in Bealach Mor and after running in a north-westerly direction for a distance of about two miles it enters the Kyle of Durness near its South-eastern extremity It Signifies ''Burn of the Alder Tree'' Adjacent to the entrance of this Stream into the Kyle of Durness is the remains of a Pictish Tower, none of the wall is Standing a large pile of Loose Stones marks the Spot.
PICTISH TOWER (Remains of) 014 Adjacent to the entrance of this Stream into the Kyle of Durness is the remains of a Pictish Tower, none of the wall is Standing a large pile of Loose Stones marks the Spot.
BROUGH Archaeologia Scotica vol 5 p1. p191 [Volume 5 Part 1. page 191] 014
PICTISH TOWER (Remains of) Pictish Tower
Pictish Tower
Revd. [Reverend] J M Joass
Mr. Donald Munro
014 Applied to the remains of a Pictish Tower situated a short distance north of the portion of rough pasture Known as Ach' a' chorrain a pile of loose Stones is all that remains of this Tower.
BROUGH Archaeologia Scotica vol 5 p1. p191 [Volume 5 Part 1. page 191] 014

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