Clovullin
Cladh a' Mhuilinn
Meaning
the graveyard of the mill
Location
Inverness-shire
Highland
PH33
NN004632
English / Map Form: Clovullin
Gaelic Form: Cladh a' Mhuilinn
Location: Lochaber, Highland
Post Town: FORT WILLIAM
Postcode area: PH33
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A861
English / Map Form: Clovullin
Gaelic Form: Cladh a' Mhuilinn
Language Notes
G nom. sg. cladh, masc. ‘burying place’ + masc. gen. sg. def. art. a’ (leniting) + lenited gen. sg. muileann, masc. ‘mill’ = ‘the graveyard of the mill’Element Meaning
G cladh ~ burying place; muileann ~ mill
Sources
| Clovullin | 1841 Census: SCT1841/506 Ballachulish ED 10 |
| Clovulin | 1875 6 inch 1st edn. |
| cladh-a-mhuillinn | Johnston, 135 |
| Cló mhuilinnn | Robertson 2019, p. 365 |
| Cladhmhuilinn | Iain Thornber, Rats – an Old Morvern Song by |
| Clò Mhuileann | Iain Mac an Tàilleir |
| Clò Mhuilinn | previous signage |
Additional Information
This is very near Camas Cladh a’ Mhuilinn, Allt Cladh a’ Mhuilinn and Loch Cladh a’ Mhuilinn and 1875 OS 6 inch 1st edn. shows Blàr Cladh a’ Mhuilinn to the west. RCAHMS states there is no longer any evidence of a graveyard. Informant TM did not know this name as such, but recognised the meaning. The Survey of Gaelic Dialects for the nearest area, Ballachulish, supports the explanation: cladh is [kʰl’wø̇γ] (no. 72).
