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Ordnance Survey - Inverness county, OS Name Books - Inverness county (Mainland) - Volume 10 - Parish of Ardnamurchan, OS1/17/10

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is a peculiarity in pronouncing the name in Garlic which comes nearly to Roshven and may be used by those natives who have much intercourse with English speakers but among themselves the natives adhere to their own pronounciation.
The Surveyors asked me to whom they should trust for names & I recommended them to ask my shepherd who had long resided in the district but has since left it.
In Gaelic there is no V. bh stands for it
Personally I wish Gaelic names to be retained
Yours faithfully
Mr. Robertson Macdonald
Translated it is the Mill "of Showers" - "Fros" stands for Showers- There is no meaning in Roshven except corruption

Ordnance Survey - Inverness county, OS Name Books - Inverness county (Mainland) - Volume 10 - Parish of Ardnamurchan, OS1/17/10

This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Ardnamurchan.

Ordnance Survey - Inverness county

Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Inverness, which is in the north of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.

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