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Placename

Gaelic name: Òb nan Uaimh (?)

Name in Original Source: Ob-na-nughach

English meaning: Bay of the saint

Placename feature: Bay

Notes: Bishop Reeves, PSAS III, p. 278: The Red Priest also officiated in a cave in this parish, at a place called Fearn-na-mor. The sitting-stones are still in the cave, which is called Ob-na-nughach.

W. J. Watson's notes:

Map name appears in: Miscellaneous

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.5782,-5.823873

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