Eilidh Scammell

Ever wondered what the Gaelic name on that bi-lingual road sign means, or what its origin is? If so, the answer is at hand. The new website ... Continue Reading about New Gaelic Place-name Website

It's been a busy year for AÀA, aside from our on-going work with Scotrail on the station names, core paths networks for the Forestry ... Continue Reading about Some recent activity

Yesterday at the Highland Council we launched the Gazetteer for Gaelic Place-names which makes much of our work available to the public in ... Continue Reading about Gaelic Place-names Gazetter launched yesterday

I recently came across this note inserted into the Ordnance Survey Name Books for the Parish of Kilmallie: Note: The old Castle of ... Continue Reading about Torcastle and Banquo

Each week I'll be posting information on a place-name I've found interesting or unusual in some way. This week is Buarblaig, it appears in ... Continue Reading about Name of the week: Buarblaig

I'm not sure how long this has been up, but the Old Statistical Accounts of Scotland have been posted up as free pdfs on the ... Continue Reading about Statistical Accounts of Scotland