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Gaelic name: Rinn na h-Àirde Mòire

Name in Original Source: Roinn na h-Airde Mòire

English meaning: Point of the big headland

Placename feature: Promontory

Notes: On OS Sheet 1880 CIX, the name is given as a slight variant, Rainn na h-Airde Mòire. This name is the large promontory which forms the western shore of the sea loch Loch Toghsgaig

W. J. Watson's notes:

Map name appears in: 1880 Sheet CXVI

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.361854,-5.816713

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