Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| [Cairn continued] | [continued from page 28] of antiquity, which like the Egyptian pyramids, have outlived the names & events they were doubtless designed to commemorate; some think that they have been the work of the Druids; while others, with more probability, believe that this extensive plain must at some distant period have been the scene of a succession of bloody contests between the natives & some invading tribes, & that this monuments were raised by the survivors, to the memory of those fallen in battle. The name of the district, too, of which the valley of Kilmartin is nearly the centre, Viz. Aragaidheal, i.e. the battlefield, or slaughter of the Gael, - seems to favour the latter supposition. New Stat. [Statistical] Account |
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Ordnance Survey - Argyll county, OS Name Books - Argyll county - Volume 15 - Parish of Kilmartin, OS1/2/15
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Kilmartin.
Ordnance Survey - Argyll 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 Argyll, which is in the west of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.