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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
ACH' AN ARAIN Ach' an Arain Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Joass.
Mr. John McKay, Leirinmore Durness
014 This name signifies ''Field of the Bread'' and applies to a piece of Rough and Heathy pasture land with two small ruins situated on the west side of ''Amhainn Dionard,'' and near the point where the Dionard flows into the ''Kyle of Durness." It is on the property of his Grace the Duke of Sutherland.
ALLT A' CHAPUILL Allt a' Chapuill Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Joass.
Mr. John McKay,
014 This name signifies ''stream of the Mare'', and applies to a small stream issuing from Loch Glugach, flowing N.E. [North East] and becomes a small loch bearing the name until it forms and ''Amhainn Dionard''.
KYLE OF DURNESS Kyle of Durness
Kyle of Durness
Kyle of Durness
Kyle of Durness
Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Joass,
Mr. John McKay,
New Statistical Account
Fullarton's Gazetteer Ph. [Parish] of Durness
002; 005 This name applies to a large estuary, or Frith, extending from ''Bàgh Baile na Cille'' in a south easterly direction for a distance of about 6 miles. it is quite dry at low water with the exception of the channel of the River Dionard flowing through the sands of the Bay.

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County of Sutherland

Allt a' Chapuill [Note]
Name written twice as it is
broken by a large Loch

Kyle of Durness [Note]
On 24 Inch scale

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