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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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County Dumbarton

[Below entry for Creag a'Mhadaidh:]
Creag, a rock, Mhadaidh, dog's.-
A definite noun masculine beginning with a consont [consonant]
except d l n r s t aspirates the genitive

[Below entry for Stob nan Eighrach:]
Stob, a stake, Eighrach, a local name for a sort of mountain strawberry.

[Below entry for Maol an Fhithich [corrected from Maol a' Fhithich]:]
Maol, a promontory, Fhithich, of the Raven.
The Raven's Height
Maol an Fhithich
The article an to be used before F aspirated in the genitive
The reason is obvious.

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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