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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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[Pencil notes pertaining to the name "ALLT A' CHOIRE CHRUINN" in the List of Names column]
Chruinn
nom. [nominative] sing. [singular] mas. [masculine] Cruinn
Gen. [Genitive] sing. [singular] mas. [masculine] Chruinn
Gen. [Genitive] sing. [singular] fem. [feminine] Cruinne
Gen. [Genitive] plur. [plural] mas. [masculine] & fem. [feminine] Cruinne

[Pencil notes under the name "CARN ODHAR UAINE OISEIN" in the List of Names column]
Oisein? [question mark]
Roman Print
Ossian
nom. [nominative] Ossian
gen. [genitive] Oisein as Dana Oisein Mhic Fhinn
Would the general public not understand the nominative form of this name better Uian its genitive? [Initialed] WP

[Pencil notes pertaining to the name "ALLT BRANACH" in the List of Names column]
Branach
Observe the Rule
Leathan le Leathan
&c, &c.
Bran is a mountain stream
Branach is the adjective
derived from Bran

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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