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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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Plan 223-5 -- Ph. [Parish] Gigha & Cara united -- Argyllshire

Cnoc an t-Sabhail [note]
t- to be separate from an See Plan ?

Baraillean Sàil [note]
Sàile the better form
[---] a Barrell. (m.s. [masculine singular]) Baraille, of a barrel (g.s. [genitive singular])
Baraillean, Barrels (m.pl. [masculine plural]) and
Sàl (m.s. [masculine singular]) Salt water. Sàile (g.s. [genitive singular])

From these we have the measure of the whole. Viz. Baraillean Sàil. Salt-water Barrels, or rocks having the appearance of barrels
Immersed in Salt Water. The word "Saill" as given [above] does not mean Salt, but signifies fat or blubber. The Gaelic word for Salt is "Salann",
and as "Baraille (g.s. [genitive singular]) of the word Barrail, signifiying of a barrel, and "nan" [(--)] of the. The meaning of the whole in terms of signification would be
[suggested] of a barrel of the blubber [or offal or meat --------------]

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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