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Cape Wrath

Am Parbh


Meaning

turning place


Location

Sutherland

Highland

NC257748


English / Map Form: Cape Wrath

Gaelic Form: Am Parbh


Location: Sutherland, Highland

Post Town: LAIRG

County: Sutherland

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Cape Wrath

Gaelic Form: Am Parbh


Sources

Am Parbh Robertson MS359a, 30
Am Parbh. An Carbh in Lewis Watson in Dwelly
Am Bor’bh (Borrow) Watson notebook CW9, 45
Am Parbh 1925 Measan Milis as an Lios by Eoghan Anderson
Taobh a’ Phairbh 1899 Songs and Poems in Gaelic, by Ron Donn vol 2
am Parbh Watson 2002 (1906) 75

Additional Information

The Gaelic name of this cape is am Parbh. By the Lewis people it is called an Carbh. All these forms, Parbh, Carbh and Wrath, have originated from the Norse name Hvarf, which means turning-point, and is cognate with the English word “wharf.”: Charles M. Robertson in The Highland News August 11 1900

Alternative Forms

An Carbh

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