English / Map Form: Aricharnach
Gaelic Form: An Àirigh Chàrnach
Location: Luib
Post Town: Isle of Skye
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Aricharnach
Gaelic Form: An Àirigh Chàrnach
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An Àirigh Chàrnach: Robertson
This name was gathered as part of a local research project on the place-names of Strath, Isle of Skye and was published in a booklet by SNH and AÀA. The Following quote appears in that booklet:
“Aricharnach of the maps is An Àirigh Chàrnach, ‘the stony sheiling’, traditionally used for cattle.”
Gaelic in the Landscape: Place-names of Strath, Isle of Skye (Scottish Natural Heritage 2015): 42
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