Avenue Cottage
Gob a’ Chlacharain
Meaning
the point of the wheatear
Location
Argyll & Bute
Argyll & Bute
PA61
NR396966
English / Map Form: Avenue Cottage
Gaelic Form: Gob a’ Chlacharain
Post Town: ISLE OF COLONSAY
Postcode area: PA61
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
English / Map Form: Avenue Cottage
Gaelic Form: Gob a’ Chlacharain
Sources
This name was gathered as part of a local research project on the place-names of Colonsay and Oronsay and was published in a booklet by SNH and AÀA. The Following quote appears in that booklet:
“In Kiloran, Avenue Cottage was known as Gob a’ Chlacharain ‘the point of the wheatear’, whilst the Keeper’s Cottage was also known as Cnoc Calanda ‘Calanda hill’ after the hill behind it.”
Gaelic in the Landscape: Place-names of Colonsay and Oronsay (Scottish Natural Heritage 2017): 14
