Acherault
Achadh a’ Gharbh Uillt
Meaning
the field of the rough burn
Location
Inverness-shire
Highland
NM655850
English / Map Form: Acherault
Gaelic Form: Achadh a’ Gharbh Uillt
Location: Arisaig
Post Town: Lochailort
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Acherault
Gaelic Form: Achadh a’ Gharbh Uillt
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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:
“Acherault or Achadh a’ Gharbh-Uillt `fild of the rough burn’ is a little township adjoining Tòrr a’ Bheithe (mentioned below) and was cleared of three tenants in 1843. There is a ruined house with an outhouse, on its own, to the left of the upper fild. It stands near a burn called An Garbh-Allt, ‘the rough burn’.”
Gaelic in the Landscape: The Rough Bounds of Lochaber (Scottish Natural Heritage 2013): 26
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