English / Map Form: Cairndow
Gaelic Form: An Càrn Dubh
Location: Argyll
Post Town: CAIRNDOW
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
Nearest Main Roads: A83
English / Map Form: Cairndow
Gaelic Form: An Càrn Dubh
Language Notes
G nom. sg. masc. def. art. an + nom. sg. càrn, masc. ‘cairn or hill’ + nom. sg. masc. adj. dubh ‘black’ = ‘the black cairn or hill’Element Meaning
G càrn ~ cairn, hill; dubh ~ black
Sources
| Cairndow | 1747-55 Roy |
| Cairndou Inn | 1801 Langlands |
| Cairndow | 1820 Thomson |
| the black cairn | MacLean, 37 |