Map Reference: Milton 3
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Meaning: The cross of Caolas
Other Forms: Cross Caolis - Map of Tiree, reduced from a survey of the island by Langlands, in the possession of His Grace, The Duke of Argyll. Reproduced in The Island of Tiree by William Reeves, Ulster Journal of Archaeology, volume 2, 1854, p 233-244.
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Information:Crois a’ Chaolais. “Opposite the burial ground there are two large stones embedded in the soil and between these the cross is said to have stood. There is a tradition that if ever the larger of these stones be removed a hurricane will sweep the island with devastating violence.” - Handbook to the Islands of Coll and Tiree, Hector MacDougall and Rev. Hector Cameron, Archibald Sinclair, p128.
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Languages : GaelicInformants: Angus MacLean, Scarinish, 6/1995
Informant 2: Handbook to the Islands of Coll and Tiree, Hector MacDougall and Rev. Hector Cameron, Archibald Sinclair, p128.
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