Ruin at Tintochland
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Ruin at Tintochland
Image: © Alan O'Dowd Taken: 10 May 2016
A gable-end is still standing on the site of a farm shown on 19th Century maps as Tintochland, the name possibly deriving from the Gaelic word 'teinnteach' (fiery), the likely derivation of the dominant local hill Tinto.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.682753
Longitude
-3.805437