Achmony

Achadh a' Mhonaidh

Meaning

field of the moor/mountain

Settlement

Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NH502307

English / Map Form: Achmony

Gaelic Form: Achadh a' Mhonaidh

Location: Inverness area, Highland

Post Town: INVERNESS

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Achmony

Gaelic Form: Achadh a' Mhonaidh

Language Notes

 G sg. masc. achadh, nom. ‘field’ + gen. sg. masc. def. art. a’ (leniting) + lenited gen. sg. of monadh, 'moor, mountain'

Element Meaning

G achadh ~ field + monadh ~ moor, mountain

Sources

 

Auchmunie 1334 Moray Reg. 138
Auchmunedy 1386 Moray Reg. 168
Terras de Auchmony 1451 Moray Reg. 193
Auchmony ?1548 RMS, iv no 204 [n. 2]]
terris de Auchmonye c. 1570? Moray Reg 318
terris de Auchmonye c. 1570? Moray Reg 319
Ach’ a’ Mhonaidh – The Field of the Moor MacKay, 1914 ‘Urquhart and Glenmoriston’, 580
aXe vuni, ‘hill’ Diack MS2276

Alternative Forms