English / Map Form: Ardmore
Gaelic Form: An Àird Mhòr
Location: Mull, Firth of Lorn, Argyll
Post Town: ISLE OF MULL
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
English / Map Form: Ardmore
Gaelic Form: An Àird Mhòr
Language Notes
G an, nom. sg. fem. art. + G nom. sg. àird, fem. ‘height’ + G mòr, ‘large’ = ‘the large height’Element Meaning
G àird ~ height + G mòr ~ large
Sources
| Ardmoir | 1654 Blaeu map Mula insula |
| Ardmore | 1801 Langlands Map |
| Ardmore | 1820 Thompson |
| Àird Mór | MacLean p. 18 |
| Great point | MacQuarrie p. 47 |
Additional Information
There is Ardmore House and Ardmore Bay here too.