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List of Argyll placenames and accompanying story, 21 September 1884

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/236
Scope and Contents

List of Argyll placenames, mostly from the Taynuilt area [Taigh an Uillt, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] including Baile an Deor, Tir Ruthadaich and Muc Carna [Baile an Deòir, Mucàrna/Muckairn] with a story which states that Alastair [Alasdair/Alexander] MacColl had to put Tai[gh] an Trithn [Taigh an Trithinn] on fire but he could not do it because a laogh alla 'a charmed calf' was in it. Text scored through as if copied elsewhere.

Dates: 21 September 1884

Note listing places near Loch Nell, 1884

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/240
Scope and Contents

Note listing places near Loch Nell, which reads 'Dun Neil in Sron toilleir Cladh na h-Inid, Torr an tuirc Lochneill house a black house thatched on E[ast] S[ide]' [Loch nan Eala, Dùn-neil, Strontoiller, Cladh na h-Annaid, Torinturk and Lochnell House, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire]. The places are probably of archaeological interest.

Dates: 1884