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Blar na Léine

Blàr Lèana


Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NN231899


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’.

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