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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
NA CÀRNAN Na Carnan
Na Carnan
Na Carnan
James Grant Balranaich
James Stewart Ballantruan
Alexander Stewart Knock
035 A tract of moor on the Cromdale Hills full of small natural hillocks, hence the name.
BADAN DONNACHAIDH Badan Donnachaidh James Grant Balranaich
James Stewart Ballantruan
Alexander Stewart Knock
035 A small natural birch wood on the farm of Ballanlish. Meaning Duncan's wood.
LAG A' BHODAICH Lag a' Bhodaich James Grant Balranaich
James Stewart Ballantruan
Alexander Stewart Knock
035 A small hollow at the northern base of Carn Ballantruan. Meaning, the Ghosts Howe.

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Parish of Kirkmichael -- Co. [County] Banff.

[Note to Badan Donnachaidh:]
Badan Dhonnachaig or Badan Dhonnachaidh
A proper noun masculine is aspirated
exception
A proper noun beginning with D or F governed by
a noun ending in N is commonly plain.

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