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