Volume contents
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- 145 - Various Parishes , Title page
- 146 - Various Parishes , Index
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CURRA LOCHAIN | Corrow Lochan Corrow Lochan Corrow Lochan |
R Livingstone Esqr Drimsynie D Lawson Thomas Blair Lochgoilhead |
141 | A small sheet of water about half a mile in length, and 6 chains in breadth. situated at Southern base of Beinn Lochain. Der. [Derivation] not known |
| BEALACH AN LOCHAIN | Bealach an Bealach an Lochain Bealach an Lochain |
W McNaughton C McArthur John McEwing |
141 | Applicable to the flat, hollow, or opening between Beinn Lochain and Carnach Mor. Sign. [Signification] Pass of the little loch. |
| CARNACH MÒR | Carnach Mòr | W. McNaughton C McArthur John McEwing |
141 | A very rough hill on the grazing of Invernaodin. Sign. [Signification] "Large carns" Near the Summit there is a large cave. "There is another cave in a hill called Carnach mhor, so wide at the entrance as to admit four men abreast, it then expands, furnishing an apartment where 50 men in arms may stand without any inconveniency: then it becomes narrow and in advancing, there is an apartment equally large with the first & so on alternately as far as it has been explored. There are a number of small caves in the side of the same hill" New Statistical Account |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 32
Argyllshire
Curra Lochain, Heron Loch
Transcriber's notes
The prepopulated entry CARNA CH MOR -- 141 [Should be CARNACH MOR] was in Volume 41 Page 32 and has been deleted from there with a note.
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.