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Black Rock Gorge

Creag an Uillt Ghrànnda

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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. grànnda masc. ‘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.

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