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Ordnance Survey - Dunbarton county, OS Name Books - Dunbarton county - Volume 3 - Parish of Arrochar, OS1/9/3

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[Page] 69
Co [County] Dumbarton

[In left hand margin beside Gleann ma Caoruinn:]
Note. The name to be written on plate
without hyphens - See
Col. [Colonel] Cameron's ]
minute

[Below entry for Sron na Speireig:]

"Sròn, (G) [Gaelic] A nose, a promontory or headland
Speireig, from Speireag, a sparrow hawk
Na, the. - "The sparrow hawk's promontory".

Sròn nan Speireag Is it not likely the circumstance
of its being the resort of sparrow hawks
that gave rise to this name, and not
from one sparrow hawk?

[Below entry for Edentaggart, but referring back to the authorities for Sron na Speireig:]

According to the authorities the name
is in the singular form and perfectly correct.
JB Major

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.

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