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Ordnance Survey - Inverness county, OS Name Books - Inverness county (Mainland) - Volume 44 - Parishes of Kilmonivaig, Laggan, Kingussie and Insh, OS1/17/44

Continued entries/extra info

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Parish of Kilmonivaig Inverness shire

[Pencil notes pertaining to the name "SRÒN A' GHAOTHAIR" in the List of Names column]
Sron a Ghaothair
nan Gaothair
Sròn nan Ghaothar

[Pencil notes pertaining to the name "BEALACH A' GHAOTHAIR" in the List of Names column]
Bealach a Ghaothair
Bealach nan Gaothar
same as Allt nan Corr see page 17

[Pencil notes pointing to the circled word "na" in the names "Sron na Gaothar" and "Bealach na Gaothar" in the Various modes of Spelling column]
ought it not be written in the plural form
It is from its being the resort of hounds (not from one hound) that the
name originated

The form first given
by the authorities
would warrant
this suggestion

[Note below the name "ASTAR MÒR" in the List of Names column]
written on 129

[Note below the name "Astar Mòr" in the Various modes of Spelling column]
correct

[Pencil note pointing to the underlined letter "s" in the word "Hounds" in the Descriptive Remarks for "BEALACH A' GHAOTHAIR"]
Plural? [question mark]

[Signed] John Duncan LceCorp R.E. [Lance Corporal Royal Engineers]

Ordnance Survey - Inverness county, OS Name Books - Inverness county (Mainland) - Volume 44 - Parishes of Kilmonivaig, Laggan, Kingussie and Insh, OS1/17/44

This volume contains information on place names found in the parishes of Kilmonivaig, Laggan, Kingussie and Insh.

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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