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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] 98
County of Inverness Parish of Laggan

[Pencil note in List of Names column]
Allt an Eilich
[Notes pertaining to the crossed out section on "Allt an Eilich"]
meaning "the Mill Dam morns", on name? [question mark]
Rev. [Reverend] A Campbell states that this name had better be omitted It is
called after a man of the name of Eilich who used to live near to
it. [Initial] AK.

[Pencil note above the name "CREAG MHÒR" in the List of Names column] Creag Mhòr

[Pencil note pointing to the word "Mhòr" in the name "Craig Mhòr" in the Various modes of Spelling column]
a feminine noun aspirates its
adjective in the nominative case

[Pencil note above the name "ALLT GRÀNNDA" in the List of Names column]
Allt Grànnda

[Pencil note pointing to "Allt Grannda Ugly Burn" in the Various modes of Spelling column]
Ugly Burn? [question mark]

[Signed] Matthew Banks, C.A. [Civil Assistant]

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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