Volume contents
- 1 - Various Parishes , Page 1 (start)
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- 248 - Various Parishes , Page 248 (end)
- 249 - Various Parishes , Page 249 (loose note)
- 250 - Various Parishes , Title page
- 251 - Various Parishes , Index
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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TORR DHAMH | Tòrr Dhaimh Tòrr Dhaimh Tòrr Dhaimh "Tòrr Dhamh" |
Mr J. McInnes Ballahuan Mr Clark Kilbride Archibald Campbell Easdale GO [Gaelic Orthography] |
021 | A small eminence at the south end of Seil Island, near Cuan Sound. Sign [Signification] "Oxen Hill. |
CUAN SOUND | Cuan Sound Cuan Sound Cuan Sound |
Admiralty Chart Mr J. McInnes Mr Clark, Kilbride |
121 | A narrow sound or Channel separating the Island of Seil from Luing. Sig "Cuan (narrow). "The Sound of Cuan is much broader and deeper than that of Clachan and the current here is very strong running at the rate of seven or 8 miles an hour. The tide here takes a very circuitous course round the north end of Torsay which juts out from the north east end of Luing etc." "New Stat [Statistical] Account." |
Continued entries/extra info
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Sheet 121 Argyllshire
Ordnance Survey - Argyll county, OS Name Books - Argyll county - Volume 53 - Parishes found on OS 6-inch map sheets XCVII, XCVIII, CIX, CX, CXXI, CXXII, CXXIII, CXXIX, CXXX, CXXXI, CXXXII, OS1/2/53
This volume contains information on place names found in the parishes of Craignish, Inveraray, Kilchrenan and Dalavich, Kilmartin, Kilmore and Kilbride, Kilninver and Kilmelfort.
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.