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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNOC REAMHAR | Cnoc Reamhar Cnoc Reamhar Cnoc Reamhar |
Mr McPhail Auchantiobairt Mr Alexander Irvine Mr Peter Munro |
140 | A prominent ridge about 10 chains to the west of Auchantiobairt farm steading. Sign. [Signification] "Great eminence" |
| AUCHANTIOBAIRT | Auchantiobairt Auchantiobairt Auchantiobairt |
Mr McPhail Auchantiobairt Mr Alexander Irvine Mr Peter Munro James Robertson Esq Factor Rev [Reverend] Mr McPherson |
140 | A farm house and offices attached the property of the Duke of Argyll |
| CHAPEL (Site of) [Auchantiobairt] | Chapel (Site of) | Mr McPhail Auchantiobairt Mr Alexander Irvine Mr Peter Munro James Robertson Esq Factor Rev [Reverend] Mr McPherson |
140 | A Chapel stood at one time a few chains to the south of Auchantiobairt farm steading but no traces of it now remain. The site is pointed out by the authorities quoted. A few chains to the east of the site of the chapel there is a fine well known by a few of the inhabitants as the "Roman well" but Messrs. Robertson & McPherson think it has derived this name probably from the fact of the Chapel being Roman Catholic. Religious houses at Kilbryde and Auchantiobairt. At the latter place there were lately several stone crosses of considerable sise and in good preservation. Nothing is found there now but the fragments of a cross of roof slate which fills up a chasm in a turf fence. It bears no inscription it seems to have been a station of some importance It is elevated above Lochfine about 500 feet and commands an extensive view. At the base of the hill on which it [continued page 77] |
| WELL [Auchantiobairt] | 140 | A few chains to the east of the site of the chapel there is a fine well known by a few of the inhabitants as the "Roman well" but Messrs. Robertson & McPherson think it has derived this name probably from the fact of the Chapel being Roman Catholic. |
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