Clachan

An Clachan

Meaning

the village

Settlement

Location

Argyll & Bute

Argyll & Bute

NR765561

English / Map Form: Clachan

Gaelic Form: An Clachan

Location: Argyll

Post Town: TARBERT

County: Argyll & Bute

Local Authority: Argyll & Bute

Nearest Main Roads: A83

English / Map Form: Clachan

Gaelic Form: An Clachan

Language Notes

G nom. sg. masc. def. art. an + nom. sg. clachan, masc. ‘stone, graveyard’, here in the sense of ‘village’ = ‘the village’

Element Meaning

G clachan ~ village, vilage with a church

Sources

Clachan 1747-55 Roy
Clachan 1820 Thomson
Clachan MacLean, 42.