English / Map Form: Blar na Léine
Gaelic Form: Blàr Lèana
Location: Spean Bridge
Post Town: Spean Bridge
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Blar na Léine
Gaelic Form: Blàr Lèana
Genitive Form: Bhlàr Lèana
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
Latha blàr Léinne: Am Fèillire 1873, 7
Blar-Leine: Am Fèillire, 1875, 9
Blàr Léana: Henderson 1910, 150
Additional Information
15 July 1544 – by Loch Lochy
Blàr is the term used to denote the site of the battle, where as the term latha, as shown above, refers to the event of the battle.
The map form has been altered by folk-etymology to lèine ‘shirt’.
