Skip to main content

Ordnance Survey - Argyll county, OS Name Books - Argyll county - Volume 81 - Parishes found on OS 6-inch map sheets CXLI, CXLII, CLI, CLXI, CLXII and CLXXII, OS1/2/81

Continued entries/extra info

104 -- Argyllshire

Surveyor notes

Sitheach I think does not apply to the motion of water
Sitheach - making long and quick strides or paces, etc
"Allt an Sitheidh" The swift flowing B. [Burn]
Alltan Sitheach, rushing Burn
Allt an t-Sithiche The Fairy's Burn
See page 81 Barr an t-Sithiche Is it not the same word?
Cruach an Lochain, Hill of the little loch. Adopted - RH [R Hawkins, Sapper Royal Engineers]
Should it not be "Cruach an Lochain"? (the word 'an' is underlined)
If it be the diminutive, it would also be "An Cruachan" ( this entry is linked by arrow to A. Cruach
Should it be the diminutive? (this entry is circled and linked to 'considerable' in the Description remarks.

Ordnance Survey - Argyll county, OS Name Books - Argyll county - Volume 81 - Parishes found on OS 6-inch map sheets CXLI, CXLII, CLI, CLXI, CLXII and CLXXII, OS1/2/81

This volume contains information on place names found in the parishes of Dunoon, Kilmun, Kilmodan, Lochgoilhead, Kilmorich, Strachur and Stralachan.

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