Placename
Gaelic name: Allt Breugach
Name in Original Source: Allt Breugaireachd
English meaning: Lying burn (i.e. that tells lies)
Placename feature: Stream
Notes: In this case, the sense of lying means devious, treacherous, as the burn disappears below ground and reappears above ground several times as it flows downhill. On an estate map of c.1810, it is recorded as Alt Briagh
W. J. Watson's notes:
Map name appears in: Plan NG 7144
Feature Co-ordinates: 57.426156,-5.799421
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