English / Map Form: Achnaha
Gaelic Form: Achadh na h-Àtha
Location: Ardnamurchan, Lochaber, Highland
Post Town: ACHARACLE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Achnaha
Gaelic Form: Achadh na h-Àtha
Genitive Form: Achadh na h-Àtha
Language Notes
G nom. sg. masc. achadh, masc. ‘field’ + gen. sg. fem. art. na + gen. sg. of àth fem. ‘kiln’(or perhaps 'ford')Element Meaning
G achadh ~ field; àth ~ kiln or ford
Sources
| Achnaha | 1733 Bruce |
| Achnacha | 1747-55 Roy |
| Achnaha | 1775 Mackenzie: The sound of Mull |
| Achnaha | 1794 Huddart |
| Achnahaw | 1801 Langlands |
| Achnaha | 1804 Heather |
| Achnocha | 1840 MacCulloch |
| Achnaha | 1857 Admiralty Chart 2475 |
| Achnaha | 1912 Bartholomew Atlas |
Acha-na-h-àtha: ‘the field of the ford, the ford being in the rather large stream known as Allt Uamha na Muice.’ Henderson 1915, 155
Achadh na h-Àtha. ‘The field by the kiln or stable’. Mac an Tàilleir 2003
Additional Information
Àth in the sense of ford fits better here, but the form is feminine, which means ‘kiln’. Either there is gender variation here or a kiln was originally intended.
