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ALLT LEACACH Allt Leacach
Allt Leacach
Allt Leackach
Rev [Reverend] J M. Joass
Mr. McDonald Farmer Dalchork
Morrison's County Map
094 This name applies to a stream whose source is about a mile west of Salachadh and flowing in an easterly direction falls into Loch Shin about half a mile northward of Salachadh. A short distance from its junction with Loch Shin and on the north side of the stream is situated a Pictish Tower in a pretty good state of preservation
PICTISH TOWER (In Ruins) [Allt Leacach] 094 A short distance from its junction with Loch Shin and on the north side of the stream is situated a Pictish Tower in a pretty good state of preservation
BROUGH [Allt Leacach] Archaoelogia Scotica Vol. 5 Part I p. 190 [Volume 5 Part 1 page 190.] 094
ALLT A' MHUIC Allt a' Mhuic
Allt a' Mhuic
Altie muc
Rev. [Reverend] J M. Joass
Mr. McDonald Farmer Dalchork
Morrison's County Map
094 Applied to a stream having its source in Cnoc na Iolarich and after running in a north easterly direction for a distance of about one and one half mile it enters Loch Shin about one and one half miles south east of Salachadh. It signifies the "Pigs Burn". Sir James Matheson Bart. [Baronet] Lews. proprietor

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