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Placename

Gaelic name: Lòn Bàn, An

Name in Original Source: Lonbain

English meaning: White meadow

Placename feature: Township

Notes: Admiralty chart, 1850: Loan Bane

W. J. Watson's notes: 205: Lonban - G. An Lòn bàn, white damp meadow; near it are Rudha na mòine, peat point; and Allt na mòine, peat burn. Near Lonban is a cave on the sea shore called an Eiginn (é), perhaps meaning 'the place of resort in danger.

Map name appears in: NG 65 SE; OS 1880 Sheet XCIA

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.506223,-5.863498

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