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Gaelic name: Lùbadh na h-Abhna

Name in Original Source: Lùbadh na h-Abhna

English meaning: Bending of the river

Placename feature: Land feature

Notes: This refers to the huge curve in the Toscaig river, which lies in a fairly deep cleft, up above Upper Toscaig. According to beul-aithris, a still used to be hidden here (there was something of a tradition of smuggling in the area), and some sort of small structures are still visible.

W. J. Watson's notes:

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Feature Co-ordinates: 57.371453,-5.780701

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