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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] 72
Co [County] Dumbarton

[Below entry for Beinn Chaorach:]
Corrected at O.S.O. [Ordnance Survey Office] Glasgow
"Beinn, (G) [Gaelic], A mountain; A hill, A pinnacle.
Caora, Caorach, A' Chaora, Sheep. Gael. [Gaelic].

Gen. plu. [Genitive plural] Chaorach
Beinn Chaorach The Sheep Hill

[By entry for Bealach a' Chabair:]
Corrected at Glasgow
Bealach a' Chabair or plur. [plural]
Bealach nan Cabar
A noun when immediately preceded by the article suffers some changes in its initial
form. 1st The aspirated is assumed by a mas. [masculline] noun in the gen. [genitive] and dat. [dative] sing. [singular]
Stewart's Grammar page 138
Forbes Grammar page 66
"Bealach, A defile, a passage, the pass or gorge of a mountain, Gael. [Gaelic];
"Cabair, (from Cabar, G. [Gaelic]) A deer's horn, an antler, Gael. [Gaelic]
"An, the." Bealach-an-Cabair, The deer's pass

Note In cases like the above it matters little whether it is Bealach an Chabair or Bealach a' Chabair.

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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