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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 Ben Vane:]
From Beinn, a mountain, and Bhan - white.
When the pronunciation and spelling [*] of a name in a Gaelic
district differs but very slightly from the Gaelic spelling and
pronunciation and spelling it is better spell it as Gaelic [**] Ben Vane and
Beinn Bhàn would be pronounced alike by a Gaelic reader.
[*] Nothing can be more dissimilar! JB
[**] and thus render
the hill incapable of identification to all
but those acquainted with Gaelic!!
JB

[Below entry for Lag Uaine:]
"Lag, a hollow - Uaine, green." -

Transcriber's notes

Sheet 005 is an inset in sheet 003.

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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