Map Reference: Kenavara 25
Name Type: cliff
Meaning: The slab or grave of the Frenchman
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Information:Leac an Fhrangaich below Uaimh Mhòr – a First World War body is buried there - Willie MacLean, Balinoe, 3/2009.
Leac an Fhrangaich ('The Frenchman's Grave'). The mound is still visible, but who lies below the green sward is a mystery, although some suspect it was a sailor from the Spanish Armada - Bailtean is Ath-Ghairmean, Niall M Brownlie, Argyll Publishing, 1995, p80. Near the mouth of An Uamh Mhòr.
Local Form: Liuc
Languages : GaelicInformants: David McClounnan, Balephuil, 4/1995
Informant 2: Hugh MacLean, Barrapol, collected by Ailean Boyd
Informant 3: Bailtean is Ath-Ghairmean, Niall M Brownlie, Argyll Publishing, 1995, p155
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