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Ordnance Survey - Argyll county, OS Name Books - Argyll county - Volume 5 - Parish of Gigha and Cara, OS1/2/5

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Sgeiran Sharpy [note]
"Sharpy's Rocks". pronounced "Skiran Harpy" - In some localities
the "Sgirean" is put in apposition to "Sgireag", to signify a "little rock", The article is seldom if ever
used before the name of an individual.
[Initialled] R.H.

Eilean Lagan a' Phuirt [note]
"Island of the Port Hollow". - "aon lag" is the Gaelic for "one hollow",
not "lag aon", "The noun always follows its numeral", dà lag. two hollows;
(literally two, or 2 hollow); tri luig, 3 hollows - &c. From this it is evident
that "Island of One Port Hollow" is not the signification of "Eilean
Lag Aon a' Phort" -
[Initialled] R.H.

Ordnance Survey - Argyll county, OS Name Books - Argyll county - Volume 5 - Parish of Gigha and Cara, OS1/2/5

This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Gigha and Cara

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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