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Element Meaning

Sources

(Loch-a-Bheothuill) The loch of the quick-running flood.: Rev. A. M. MacGregor, 1886, Translation of the Gaelic names of places in the Parish of Balquhidder

(Loch-a-Bheothuil)—The loch of the quick-running flood.: Carnegie 1896, 616

Loch Bheothail: Watson in Dwelly

Loch Bhoill: Newton [marked with an asterisk meaning the name is ‘conjectural and cannot be derived with absolute certainty’]

Loch a’ Phuill “Loch Bheothail heard by an old shepherd from an old native of Balquhidder who died many years ago” Jas. McDiarmaid: Robertson

Loch a’ Phuill: From Rev J. MacIntosh: Robertson

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