Achnacloich

Achadh na Cloiche

Meaning

field of the stone

Settlement

Location

Argyll & Bute

Argyll & Bute

NM955340

English / Map Form: Achnacloich

Gaelic Form: Achadh na Cloiche

Location: Loch Etive, Argyll

Post Town: OBAN

County: Argyll & Bute

Local Authority: Argyll & Bute

English / Map Form: Achnacloich

Gaelic Form: Achadh na Cloiche

Element Meaning

G sg. masc. achadh, nom. ‘field’ + gen. sg. fem. art. na + gen. sg. of clach, fem. ‘stone’ =
‘the field of the stone’

Sources

Achnaclaich 1481 RMS ii, 1485
Achnacloich 1747-55 Roy
Ach’ na Cloiche Robertson
Achadh na Cloiche JM

Additional Information

This is nearby Stonefield, which was originally called “Tigh an t-Srath” (Muckairn Place
names III 1907 Oban Times)

Achnacloich Bridge ~ Drochaid Achadh na Cloiche