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Auchgourish

Achadh Ghobhrais


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Inverness-shire

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PH24

NH939157


English / Map Form: Auchgourish

Gaelic Form: Achadh Ghobhrais


Post Town: BOAT OF GARTEN

Postcode area: PH24

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Auchgourish

Gaelic Form: Achadh Ghobhrais


Sources

ax-ghaurishk Diack MS2276
Ach-gourish represents ” gobhair-innis,: Watson in MacBain, xxvii
Achadh Ghobhrais. A. Watson, Gillies Lobban’s Notes
“Achgowrish and Craigowrie are Goat Field and Goat Rock respectively, both places being noted for their herds of goats up to the beginning of this century.” Mathieson, Place-names of Strathspey, 223

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