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. |