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Ordnance Survey - Inverness county, OS Name Books - Inverness county (Mainland) - Volume 16 - Parishes of Boleskine and Abertarff, Kingussie and Insh, Laggan and Moy and Dalarossie, OS1/17/16

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[Page] 130
Parish of Laggan County Inverness

[Pencil notes pertaining to the name "CREAGAN BEAGA" in the List of Names column]
Creagan Beaga [with the last letter "a" in "Beaga" crossed out]
[Feint illegible pencil note]

[Pencil notes pointing to the circled letters "an" in the name "Creagan Beag" in the Various modes of Spelling column]
plural
Creagan Bheg - little little craig
Creagan Beaga - little craigs

[Pencil notes pertaining to the name "LOCHAN MÒR" in the List of Names column]
???
Exactly as called in the
district
Though ungrammatical stand

[Notes pertaining to the name "Lochan Mòr" in the Various modes of Spelling column]
This name has been referred to the examiner and he states
that it is written in accordance with the local
pronunciation and is idiomatic - therefore the
ordinary grammatical rule does not apply

[Signed] James Archbold S.R.E. [Sapper Royal Engineers]

Ordnance Survey - Inverness county, OS Name Books - Inverness county (Mainland) - Volume 16 - Parishes of Boleskine and Abertarff, Kingussie and Insh, Laggan and Moy and Dalarossie, OS1/17/16

This volume contains information on place names found in the parishes of Boleskine and Abertarff, Kingussie and Insh, Laggan, and Moy and Dalarossie.

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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