Acharossan

Achadh a’ Chrosain

Meaning

field of the little cross

Settlement

Location

Argyll & Bute

Argyll & Bute

NR939770

English / Map Form: Acharossan

Gaelic Form: Achadh a’ Chrosain

Location: Cowal, Argyll

Post Town: TIGHNABRUAICH

County: Argyll & Bute

Local Authority: Argyll & Bute

English / Map Form: Acharossan

Gaelic Form: Achadh a’ Chrosain

Language Notes

G nom. sg. achadh, masc. ‘field’ + gen. sg. masc. def. art. a’ (leniting) + lenited gen. sg. of G crosan, masc. ‘little cross’ 

Element Meaning

G achadh ~ field’; crosan ~ little cross

Sources

Auchcrossan Moir 1476-7 Inventory of Lamont Papers no. 55
Auchachrossan 1526-7 Argyll Charters [from Inventory of Lamont Papers no. 105]
Achecrossanes 1537 Inventory of Lamont Papers no. 140res
Achechrossanis 1540 Argyll Charters [from Inventory of Lamont Papers no.157]
Auchincrossanmoir and Auchincrossanbeg 1623 RMS viii no. 756
Auchintrossanbeg and Auchintrossanmoir 1633 Inventory of Lamont Papers no. 555
Auchincrossanemor et Auchencrossanebeg 1635 Retours (Argyle ) 55
Auchincrossanemoir et Auchincrossanebeg 1647 RMS ix no. 1745
Auchincroskanmore et Auchincroskanbeg 1669 Retours (Argyle) 79
Auchrossenbeg and Auchrossanmore 1694 Inventory of Lamont Papers no.1022 [From Inveryne Inventory]

Achachrosain: Poems of Alexander MacDonald / Alasdair MacMhaighstir Alasdair

Alternative Forms