English / Map Form: A’ Mharconaich
Gaelic Form: A’ Mharcanaich
Post Town: DALWHINNIE
Postcode area: PH19
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: A’ Mharconaich
Gaelic Form: A’ Mharcanaich
Sources
Meal ma kronich 1832 Thomson [for *Meal markonich? The gap between a and k is over a boundary line and may not denote a separate word.]
Marcaonach 1870 OS 6”
Marcaonach… “supposed to be derived from the gaelic word “marcach” a rider. &c”. [?]1876-78 OS1/17/44/120: OS Namebooks
A’ Mharconaich 1898 OS 6”
Marcaonach 1912 Bartholomew
əˈvaˈrkonix the horse-place: A. Watson ‘Place-name Discoveries’ 2015, 165
Additional Information
Munro M179, 975m
Cf. Rosemarkie Ros-marcnaidh