English / Map Form: Aodann
Gaelic Form: An Adag Mhòr
County: Sutherland
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Aodann
Gaelic Form: An Adag Mhòr
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Element Meaning
Sources
| Adag Mhòr 1878 OS 6 inch 1st edn. |
| Aodann Mhor 1908 OS 6 inch 1st revision |
| Adag Mhor 1912 Bartholomew |
| Aodann Mhòr on OS maps. |
“The ruins of this castle are on a point of land called the “Adag Mhor,” half a-mile from Durness, less distance from Balna-cille.
The ruins of the castle or fort, standing to view like an adag (a small stack of corn in a field), may have given the name “Adag” to the immediate locality.” MacKay Sutherland Place-names.
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