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Placename

Gaelic name: Loch Dubh na h-Oidhche

Name in Original Source: Loch Dubh na h-Oidhche

English meaning: Black loch of the night

Placename feature: Loch

Notes: A name often given to lochs which fished better at dusk or at night. This Loch Dubh na h-Oidhche is the southernmost of five lochs in a north-south row, lying in the hill south-east of An Lòn Bàn

W. J. Watson's notes:

Map name appears in: OS 1880 Sheet XCIA

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.487739,-5.833358

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