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Ordnance Survey - Argyll county, OS Name Books - Argyll county - Volume 17 - Parish of Kilmichael Glassary, OS1/2/17

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Loch Glashan
Written on 6 Inch Plan?
Lochglaissean [note] Sig.[Signification] Coal Fish Gaelic Dictionary

"The remains of ancient buildings, intended, as their
form & sites evidently indicate, as watch towers, built
in order to convey the most rapid intelligence of the
movements of any party on the coast to the internal
parts of the country - There are still 3 in number one is
called Tor a Bhlarain, on the top of a hill called Barnafuar
near Kilmichael, another is called Tunnan, and placed upon
a rock called Creag nan Tur in Glenacreidh. The third is
on Gortan Rainich by the side of Lochglaissean & it commands a view of the 2 former, being
in the centre between them. The whole thus forming one line of communication by which anything
might be intimated from either district to the other" New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account]

Ordnance Survey - Argyll county, OS Name Books - Argyll county - Volume 17 - Parish of Kilmichael Glassary, OS1/2/17

This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Kilmichael Glassary.

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.

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