English / Map Form: Ackergill
Gaelic Form: no Gaelic form
Location: Caithness, Highland
Post Town: WICK
County: Caithness
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Ackergill
Gaelic Form: no Gaelic form
Language Notes
ON akr-gil: sem form nom. sg. akr, 'field' + gil fem. 'ravine'Element Meaning
ON akr ~ field; gil ~ ravine
Sources
| Aker gil | 1654 Blaeu map (Caithness) |
| Acrigill | Roy 1747-55 |
| Ackergill | 1820 Thomson |
| N akr – field, arable land N gil – water-course, ravine | Caithness Place-Names | |
| ON akkeri-kill, anchorage inlet | Omand 1972, 225 | |
| Hakon’s ravine | Nicolaisean 1982, 82 |