English / Map Form: Coilleghille
Gaelic Form: Coille Ghillidh
Location: Wester Ross, Highland
Post Town: PLOCKTON
County: Ross and Cromarty
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Coilleghille
Gaelic Form: Coille Ghillidh
Language Notes
G nom. sg. coille, fem. 'wood' + gillidh, obscure element, possibly Norse.Element Meaning
G coille ~ wood; gillidh obscure element
Sources
| Coille-ghillidh, Gilli’s wood | Watson 1904, 203 |
| Coilleghille | Fraser 2009 |
Gaelic ‘Coille-ghillidh,’ and, I think, without the foregoing article. There is a cleft
very well seen from the steamer which might suggest Norse ‘gill’ a ravine.
Robertson Collection 1904 MS379.
