A' Chlais Fheàrna
A' Chlais Fheàrna
Meaning
the alder grove
Location
Inverness-shire
Highland
NM865756
English / Map Form: A' Chlais Fheàrna
Gaelic Form: A' Chlais Fheàrna
Location: Lochailort
Post Town: Glenfinnan
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: A' Chlais Fheàrna
Gaelic Form: A' Chlais Fheàrna
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
This name was gathered as part of a local research project on the place-names of the Rough Bounds of Lochaber and was published in a booklet by SNH and AÀA. The Following quote appears in that booklet:
“Then there is A’ Chlais Fheàrna, ‘ the alder grove’, through which flows An t-Allt Feàrna, ‘the alder burn’.”
Gaelic in the Landscape: The Rough Bounds of Lochaber (Scottish Natural Heritage 2013): 22
Additional Information
This place-name was sourced locally and is not found on any maps.