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Placename

Gaelic name: Allt na Crìche (1)

Name in Original Source: Allt na Crìche (1)

English meaning: Boundary stream

Placename feature: Stream

Notes: (1) This stream flows north initially, out of a head stream to the east of Meall Gainmheach, then flows west before entering the sea due south of Uamh na h-Armachd. It appears to mark a boundary between Salachar and Sannda, which were both sheep farms in former times

W. J. Watson's notes:

Map name appears in: NG 64 NE; NG 65 SE; OS 1880 Sheet XCIA; 1905 CIIA

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.484896,-5.856278

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