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Placename

Gaelic name: Lòn, An

Name in Original Source: Lòn

English meaning: The damp meadow

Placename feature: Land feature

Notes: Roderick Gillanders mentions this place to Ian Fraser of the Scottish Place Name Survey in May 1971 (PN1971.016A): Tha lònan a'seo, 's e an lòn a their iad ris. Àite mun an fheannsa ... tha e taobh a' rathaid mhòir, is cuilc a' fàs ann ... mu choinneimh a' Bhaid Chnàpaich. Co-ordinates given here are as close as possible to the location marked on the original SPNS map.

W. J. Watson's notes:

Map name appears in: Does not appear on maps

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.387627,-5.803093

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