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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BURNT HILL Burnt Hill
Burnt Hill
Burnt Hill
Burnt Hill
Old Map of Property
Gilbert Jamison
James Milroy
George McHaffie, Esq.
031 [Situation] 1 mile E [East] by N [North] of Clanyard Bay A middling large hill of a circuitous shape containing 66 acres of land the surface of which is rough pasture thickly covered with furzes near the N. East side of the hill is the ruins of the farm house which was once a farm by itself but is now attached to Low Curghie, the farmer of which holds Burnt Hill as a grazing [....]. It is the property of Colonel McDowall of Logan.
MACHERALLY Macheroley
Macheroley
Macheroley
Macherally
Macherowlie
Macherally
Macherally
Old Map of Property
Gilbert Jamison
James Jinkuis
William Todd Drumore
Proprietors Rent Roll
Royal Engineers Map 1819
George McHaffie, Esq.
031 [Situation] 1 mile east of Clanyard Bay. A small farm containing 25 acres of good arable land with an indifferent house & out houses, occupied by a farm labourer. This farm is held by an adjoining farmer. The property of Colonel McDowall of Logan.

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Machair (Gaelic) A field, a plain, etc.
All (Gaelic) A rock etc.
It is difficult to ascertain with certainty what the affix 'ally' has been originally.

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