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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 Ardvorlich]:
Ard, high, Mor, great, Leac, a flag, or flatstone. (Gaelic)

[Below entry for Coire na Baintighearna]:
"Coire - a dell, Bantighearna, a lady." (G. [Gaelic])
Coire na Bantighearna
See McL [McLeod] and Dewar's Dictionary for Bantighearn Gen Sing [Genitive Singular] Bantighearna
The first part of a compound word not be inflected
unles by aspiration. It is true Bantighearna is often written even in the nom. [nominative] case Baintighearna
But Bantighearna as given McLeod and Dewar's Dicty. [Dictionary] is preferable

[Below entry for Coire nan Each]:
"Coire, a dell. Each, a horse." (G. [Gaelic])

[Below entry for Lag Dubh]:
"Lag, a hollow, a cave, Dubh, Black." (G. [Gaelic])

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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