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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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ELISHADER | Elishader | Mr. McLean, Mr. McDonald, Mr. McKenzie, |
008 | This name applies to a district on which there are about a dozen of Croft houses, each one storey in height, thatched, and in poor repair, on Captaon Frasers property. |
DÙN GREANAN | Dun Greanan | William McLean, Clachan, East side. Mr. Mcdonald, Garrafad, Mr. McKenzie, Garrafad |
008 | This name applies to the ruins of what is supposed to have been a Danish Fort. It was built of a circular shape and had a wall of about eight feet in thicKness with a passage capable of admitting a man in centre of wall all round it, although supposed to have been of Danish origin, it bears a resemblance to what is Known as Pictish Towers in the County of Sutherland, on Captn [Captain] Frasers property. |
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[page] 82Isle of SKye -- Parish of Kilmuir
Dùn Greanan [note] Changed By order John T. Hoban Ca. [Civilian Assistant] 20 Oct. [October] 77.
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