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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
FÀIR DHUBH Fàir Dhubh
Fàir Dhubh
Revd. [Reverend] J.M. Joass, Golspie
Mr. Donald Munro, Shoemaker Sgianach, Melness.
007; 016 Signifies ''Black Hill'' and is applied to an Eminence Situated about 1/2 a mile East of ''Cnoc an Uillt Tharsuinn'' the watershed of this hill forms the Boundary between the Parishes of Tongue and Durness.
FÉITH LEASG Féith Leasg
Féith Leasg
Revd. [Reverend] J.M. Joass, Golspie
Mr. Donald Munro, Shoemaker Sgianach, Melness.
016 This name Signifies "The Lazy or Sluggish Stream" and is applied to a Stream having its Source East of the South End of ''Fàir Dhubh'' it flows Eastward and Enters ''Alltan Dubh''.
FÉITH AN LAISG
1-inch Revision Oct. 1894
Féith an Laisg
Féith an Laisg
Féith an Laisg
Mr George McLeod Midtown
Mr. Robert McKay W. [West] Strathan
Mr. George Gunn Talmine
016 meaning, stream or marsh of a Kind of rush used for thatch (provincial)
ALLT ALASDAIR CHATTAICH Allt Alasdair Chattaich
Allt Alasdair Chattaich
Revd. [Reverend] J. M. Joass, Golspie
Mr. Donald Munro, Shoemaker Sgianach, Melness.
016 Signifies ''Alexander of Sutherlands Burn'' and is applied to a Stream having its Source on the S. [South] Side of the Public Road through ''A' Mhòine'' and about 1/2 a mile East from the ''Mòine House'' it flows Northwards and Enters ''Allt an Lòin Chaoil''
CNOC NAN EARBAGAN Cnoc nan Earbagan
Cnoc nan Earbagan
Revd. [Reverend] J.M. Joass, Golspie
Mr. Donald Munro, Shoemaker Sgianach, Melness.
015; 016 This name Signifying "Knoll of the Roe" is applied to a prominent Eminence Situated on the North Side of the Public Road through ''A' Mhòine'' and About a 1/4 of a Mile N.E. [North East] of Loch Maol.
CNOC MAOLLY
1-inch Revision Oct. 1894
Cnoc Maolly
Cnoc Maolly
Cnoc Maolly
Cnoc Maolly
Mr William McKay Moin House
Mr Neil McKay Hope Ferry
Mr Robert McKay W. [West] Strathan
Duke of Sutherland's Map 1853-68
Local pronunciation
016

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Cnoc nan Earbagan [Notes]
obsolete
Knoll of the Roes

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