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Ardnamurchan

Àird nam Murchan

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Meaning

the headland of the seals


Location

Highland

NM495674


English / Map Form: Ardnamurchan

Gaelic Form: Àird nam Murchan


Location: Lochaber, Highland

Post Town: ACHARACLE

Local Authority: Highland

Nearest Main Roads: B8007

English / Map Form: Ardnamurchan

Gaelic Form: Àird nam Murchan


Language Notes

G nom. sg. àird, fem. ‘headland’ + gen. pl. masc. def. art. nam (before labials) + gen. pl. murchan, ‘seal’ = ‘the headland of the seals’.

Element Meaning

G àird ~ headland, promontory; murchan ~ seal

Sources

Ardenmurich’ 1292 RPS [1293/2/17]
Ardnamurchane 1505 RMS ii no. 2895
Ardmurchan 1516 RSS i no. 2872
Ardnamurchane 1516 RSS i no. 2872
Ardnamurquhan c. 1620 Pont text 85v
Ardnamurquhan 1630 Geog. Coll. ii, 156
Poinct of Ardna Murchye 1654 Blaeu Map (Hebrides)
Ard-na-Murchein 1654 Blaeu Map (Hebrides)
Àird nam Murchan Dwelly 1912
Aird na(m) Murchan Dieckhoff, 181

Additional Information

An established name. See Watson 1926, 93 for more discussion of the name in a historical context.

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