Avenue Cottage

Gob a’ Chlacharain

Meaning

the point of the wheatear

Settlement

Location

Argyll & Bute

PA61

NR396966

English / Map Form: Avenue Cottage

Gaelic Form: Gob a’ Chlacharain

Post Town: ISLE OF COLONSAY

Postcode area: PA61

County: -- Select a county --

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