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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] 146
Co. [County] of Inverness Parish of Laggan

[Pencil notes pertaining to the name "LIATH DHOIRE NA H-OIDHCHE MHÒR" in the List of Names column]
Liath Dhoire Mhòr
An adjective prefixed to its noun
aspirated that noun

The arrangement of the words within name is in accordance
with local pronunciation - it was referred to the name collector
in the field and he states that Mor should follow oidhche & not preceed
as suggested.
[Initial] WP

[Signed] Robert Kane Sapr. 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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