Chanonry Point

Rubha na Cananaich

Meaning

headland of the canonry

Coastal, Settlement

Location

Ross and Cromarty

Highland

NH749557

English / Map Form: Chanonry Point

Gaelic Form: Rubha na Cananaich

Location: Black Isle and Mid Ross

Post Town: FORTROSE

County: Ross and Cromarty

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Chanonry Point

Gaelic Form: Rubha na Cananaich

Language Notes

G nom. sg. rubha, masc. 'point, headland’ + fem. gen. sg. def. art. na + gen. sg. cananach, fem. 'canonry’

Element Meaning

G rubha ~ point, headland; cananach ~ canonry

Sources

the Chanrie-ness c. 1620 Pont text 126v
Nes de Channory 1649 RMS ix no. 2140
Ness de Channonrie 1669 Retours (Ross) no. 124
Chinderyness 1785 Ainslie’s chart of part of the North of Scotland
Point of Chanonry Ness 1791-1799 OSA (Rosemarkie) p.600
Chanonry Pt 1820 Thomson

gob ru na cananaich Diack MS2276