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Ordnance Survey - Ross and Cromarty county, OS Name Books - Ross and Cromarty county (Mainland) - Volume 47 - Parishes of Applecross and Lochcarron, OS1/28/47

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County of Ross -- Six inch Sheet 102

Maoil an Uillt Mhòir [notes]
Moal or Maoile
Maoile The brow of a hill
Maol the brow of a rock or cape &c.
Maoile literally baldness
Therefore Maol an Uillt Mhòir
is the correct spelling for the name
Maol-chintiré is Mull of Cantire
Maol na h-ò Mull of Kinmonth

[signed]
William S. Murray
2nd Corpl RE [Corporal Royal Engineers]

Ordnance Survey - Ross and Cromarty county, OS Name Books - Ross and Cromarty county (Mainland) - Volume 47 - Parishes of Applecross and Lochcarron, OS1/28/47

This volume contains information on place names found in the parishes of Applecross, and Lochcarron.

Ordnance Survey - Ross and Cromarty 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 Ross and Cromarty, which is in the north of Scotland. It was formed in 1891 by uniting the separate counties of Cromarty and Ross.

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