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Clovullin

Cladh a' Mhuilinn

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Meaning

the graveyard of the mill


Settlement

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).

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