Volume contents
- 1 - Arrochar , page 1 (start)
- 10 - Arrochar , page 10
- 20 - Arrochar , page 20
- 30 - Arrochar , page 30
- 40 - Arrochar , page 40
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- 85 - Arrochar , page 85 (end)
- 86 - Arrochar , title page
- 87 - Arrochar , index
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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CREAGAN AN T-SEILICH | Creag-an t' seileich Creag-an t' seileich Creag-an t' seileich Creag-an t' seileich |
Peter Turner Adam Walker Coll Lindsay Rev [Reverend] Dr. [Doctor] McFarlan |
010 | This name is applied to a small precipice of rocks, on the southern slope of "Ben Dhubh", about 40 chains north of "Tom-na-glas. |
CREAGANTUIE | Craig-en-tuie Craig-en-tuie Craig-en-tuie Craig-en-tuie |
Montague Martin, Esqr. Coll Lindsay Peter Turner |
010 | An old farm house now used as a smearing house. the property of Sir James Colquhoun Bart. [Baronet] and occupied by Coll Lindsay. Dr. [Doctor] McFarlan supposes the name to be a corruption of Creag-an-t'shuide. The resting rock. |
DUN AN T-SEILICH | Dun-an-t'Seileich Dun-an-t'Seileich Dun-an-t'Seileich Dun-an-t'Seileich Dun-an-t'Seileich |
Peter Turner Adam Walker Coll Lindsay John MacLellan Rev. [Reverend] Dr. [Doctor] McFarlan, |
010 | A small knoll on the south slope of "Ben Dhubh", about 20 chains north of Tom-na-glas. the name signifies, the Willow hill or knoll. |
Continued entries/extra info
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County Dumbarton
[Below entry for Dun an t-Seilich:]
Corrected at Glasgow
"Dun, a knoll; a hillock; a mount, (G). [Gaelic]
Seilich, (from Sileach.) A willow,
"Dun an t-Seileich," - The willow knoll.
[Below entry for Creagan an t-Seilich:]
Corrected at Glasgow
Creag, (G) [Gaelic] a rock
Ordnance Survey - Dunbarton county, OS Name Books - Dunbarton county - Volume 3 - Parish of Arrochar, OS1/9/3
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.