Black Rock Gorge
Creag an Uillt Ghrànnda
Meaning
the crag of the ugly burn
Location
Ross and Cromarty
Highland
NH592667
English / Map Form: Black Rock Gorge
Gaelic Form: Creag an Uillt Ghrànnda
Location: Easter Ross, Highland
Post Town: DINGWALL
County: Ross and Cromarty
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Black Rock Gorge
Gaelic Form: Creag an Uillt Ghrànnda
Language Notes
G nom. sg. creag fem. ‘crag, rock’ + gen. sg. of allt masc. ‘burn’ + gen. sg. adj. grànndamasc. ‘ugly’Element Meaning
G creag ~ crag, rock; allt ~ burn; grànnda ~ ugly
Sources
| Black Rock | 1880 OS 6 inch 1st edn. |
| an t-Allt Granda | Watson 1926, 457 |
Additional Information
Black Rock Gorge itself is absent from 1880 OS 6 inch 1st edn. Originally the allt denoted the gorge itself, which is the secondary meaning of allt, but this has come to be transferred to the watercourse now.
