Skip to main content

Ordnance Survey - Argyll county, OS Name Books - Argyll county - Volume 18 - Parish of Kilmodan, OS1/2/18

Continued entries/extra info

[Page] 22
Parish of Kilmodan -- Argyllshire
[Note]
Dùn an Oir why make it the diminutive when all the authorities give it Dun
"Dunnan Oir" [note] Hillock of Gold.
Dunan Orach [note] Golden Hill
Dùn an Oir [note] Knoll of the Gold
Dùn an Oir [note] Knoll of the Gold
Dun an Oir "This is the most reasonable form
Perhaps from an idea that a golden treasure has been hid in it
This is not a solitary instance in which the country people have a tradition about Gold being hid in a Knoll and guarded by supernatural agency.

Ordnance Survey - Argyll county, OS Name Books - Argyll county - Volume 18 - Parish of Kilmodan, OS1/2/18

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

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.

View more volumes for Ordnance Survey - Argyll county