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Castlecraig

Caisteal Chreag

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Meaning

castle rock


Location

Highland

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English / Map Form: Castlecraig

Gaelic Form: Caisteal Chreag


Location: Black Isle & Mid-Ross

Post Town: CROMARTY

County: -- Select a county --

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Castlecraig

Gaelic Form: Caisteal Chreag


Genitive Form: Chaisteal Chreag

Language Notes

G nom. sg. caisteal masc. ‘castle’ + creag fem. ‘crag, rock’

Element Meaning

G caisteal ~ castle; creag ~ crag, rock

Sources

Castlecraig 1806 Tain and Balnagown Docs no. 741
Castle Craig 1820 Thomson
Castlecraig 1898 Admiralty Chart 3110
G. Caisteal Chrag (sic) Watson 1904, 52

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