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Clunes

Na Cluainean


Meaning

the pastures


Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NN200885


English / Map Form: Clunes

Gaelic Form: Na Cluainean


Location: Lochaber, Highland

Post Town: SPEAN BRIDGE

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Clunes

Gaelic Form: Na Cluainean


Language Notes

G na, nom. pl. fem. def. art. + G nom. pl. of cluain, fem. ‘pasture’ = ‘the pastures'

Element Meaning

G cluain ~ pasture

Sources

Clanyn 1492 RMS ii no 2281
Cloynyn 1527 RMS ii no 534
Clunys 1544 RMS iii no. 3015
Clunis 1546 ER xviii appendix
Cloyne 1552 RMS iv no. 704
Cloyne 1556 RMS iv no. 824
Clwnis 1567 ER xix appendix

Cloynes 1609 RMS vii no. 26
Clune 1621 RMS viii no. 121
Clunes 1661 Retours (Inverness) no. 86

Clunes

1695 Retours (Argyle) no. 93
Clunes 1695 Retours (Inverness) no. 118
Cluns 1789 Ainslie/Scotland
Clunes 1820 Thomson
Na Cluainean ‘the upland fields’ MacMillan 1971
Na Cluainean Current OS maps.

 

Additional Information

The first two historical forms show the Gaelic plural, whilst most of the remaining forms show the Scots/English plural.

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