Acharossan
Achadh a’ Chrosain
Meaning
field of the little cross
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
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