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Ordnance Survey - Dunbarton county, OS Name Books - Dunbarton county - Volume 2 - Parish of Arrochar, OS1/9/2

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Co. [County] Dumbarton

[Below entry for Allt a' Chnoic]:
Allt, a stream, Chnoic, a knoll.
"A definite noun masculine aspirates the genitive." (P.22)
Cnoic or Cnuic gen. [genitive] sing [singular] of Cnoc
Cnuic is preferable

[Below entry for Loch Sloy]:
"Loch, a lake Sloigh, of a people"

"The chief of the Clanfarlane fixed his residence
partly at Tarbet, and partly in a small island in
the northern part of Lochlomond. The gathering
place and slogan, or crie de guere, of the Clan was
Loch Sloy, a small lake a few miles to the north west
of Inveruglas" (Irving's History).

Ordnance Survey - Dunbarton county, OS Name Books - Dunbarton county - Volume 2 - Parish of Arrochar, OS1/9/2

This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Arrochar.

Ordnance Survey - Dunbarton 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 Dunbarton, which is in the west of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.

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