OS1/33/18/76

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
CAOLAS CUMHANN Caolas Cumhann Rev. [Reverend] J.M. Joass, Golspie
William McLeod, Unapool
John Mackay, Torgawn
050 Applies to a narrow channel between the S. [South] Shore and An Garbh-eilean 1/4 miles W. [West] of Kylesku Ferry. Sig:- [Signification] "Narrow Strait."
GARBH EILEAN Garbh Eilean Rev. [Reverend] J.M. Joass, Golspie
William McLeod, Unapool
John Mackay, Torgawn
050 Applies to a large island Situate immediately W. [West] of Kylesku Ferry. Sig:- [Signification] "Rough Island."
TÒRR A' GHAMHNA Tòrr a' Ghamhna Rev. [Reverend] J.M. Joass, Golspie
William McLeod, Unapool
John Mackay, Torgawn
050 Applies to a Knoll situate at a point on the S. [South] Shore about 1 1/2 miles W. [West] of Kylesku Ferry, and 1/2 a mile N. [North] of Torgawn (house). Sig:- [Signification] "Knoll of the Stirk."
EILEAN A' GHAMHNA Eilean a' Ghamhna Rev. [Reverend] J.M. Joass, Golspie
William McLeod, Unapool
John Mackay, Torgawn
050 Applies to a good sized island Situate 1/2 a mile W. [West] of Tòrr a' Gamhna, and 2 miles W. [West] of Kylesku Ferry. Sig:- [Signification] "Island of the Stirk."

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Sheet 50 -- Parish of Assynt -- County Sutherland.

Garbh Eilean [Note]
Would it not be much better write
this name on the island instead of at
the West side of it?
Yes Now written across the island.

[Signed]
P. Dougherty
2nd. Corpl. R.E.
[2nd. Corporal Royal Engineers]

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