English / Map Form: Car an Daimh
Gaelic Form: Car an Daimh
Location: Arisaig
Post Town: Lochailort
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Car an Daimh
Gaelic Form: Car an Daimh
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This name was gathered as part of a local research project on the place-names of the Rough Bounds of Lochaber and was published in a booklet by SNH and AÀA. The Following quote appears in that booklet:
“In folklore, the promontory, Car an Daimh, ‘bend of the deer’ just off the shore of Sandaig, is said to be the birthplace of Ossian. There are fie or six ruins at Sandaig, one of them the tacksman’s house which is possibly where Alasdair MacMhaighstir Alasdair spent his last years.”
Gaelic in the Landscape: The Rough Bounds of Lochaber (Scottish Natural Heritage 2013): 19
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