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Cameron, Duncan, c1818-1900 (police officer | Lochaline | Argyllshire)

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Placename and vocabulary note for 'Eilean Druidhneach' and 'Maranach', 7 August 1886

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/3
Scope and Contents

Placename and vocabulary note collected from Duncan Cameron, police officer, Tobar Mhoire/Tobermory, Muile/Isle of Mull, which reads 'Eilean Druidhneach = Iona The Isle of Sculpture. Maranach = wool of sheep dying of braxy etc etc' [Ì Chaluim Chille, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire]. Text has been scored through in ink as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 7 August 1886

Placename note about 'An Cuillioinn', 7 August 1886

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/25
Scope and Contents

Place-name note collected from Duncan Cameron, police officer, Lochaline [Loch Àlainn, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] which reads 'An Cuillionn Rumach the Cuillionn of Rum. An Cuillionn Sgitheanach = the Cuillion of Skye' [An Cuiltheann Rùmach, Ruma/Rum and An Cuiltheann/Cuillin Hills, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye]. Amendments have been made in ink to the spelling of 'Cuillionn'.

Dates: 7 August 1886

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Cuillin Hills Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Cuillins of Rum Rum Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Etymology 1
Iona Argyllshire Scotland 1
Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland 1