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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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