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Gaelic name: Gobhlachan, Na

Name in Original Source: Gobhlagan, Na

English meaning: The drying poles

Placename feature: Man-made

Notes: A name given to the poles used for drying nets in the time of drift-net and ground-net fishing, now used for the little built-up part of the shore just north of An t-Alltan Dubh in Culduie

W. J. Watson's notes:

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Feature Co-ordinates: 57.400235,-5.808359

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