Arisaig

Àrasaig

Settlement

Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NM661864

English / Map Form: Arisaig

Gaelic Form: Àrasaig

Location: Lochaber, Highland

Post Town: ARISAIG

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

Nearest Main Roads: A830

English / Map Form: Arisaig

Gaelic Form: Àrasaig

Language Notes

 

Sources

Arasech 1250 Registrum de Passalet p.134
Arrassage 1371 RMS i no. 412
Arassayk 1373 RMS i no. 520
Awrissaig 1540 RSS ii no. 3236
Arissaik 1540 RSS ii no. 3750
Arisaick c. 1620 Pont text 85v
Arisaick 1630 Geog. Coll. ii, 156
ArrysaigArrysaig 1630 Geog. Coll. ii, 221
Arrasack 1695 Retours (Argyll) no. 93
Arisaig 1654 Blaeu Map (Hebrides)
Àras-aig Robertson MS363, 86
Arasaig Dieckhoff 1932, 181 [pronunciation infers Àrasaig]

Additional Information

Dieckhoff gives the pronunciation Àrasaig as opposed to Arasaig, which concurs with the sources’ form.

Alternative Forms