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 |