Coulin Pass

Bealach Cùmhlainn

Upland Feature

Location

Ross and Cromarty

Highland

NH022501

English / Map Form: Coulin Pass

Gaelic Form: Bealach Cùmhlainn

Location: Wester Ross, Highland

Post Town: STRATHCARRON

County: Ross and Cromarty

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Coulin Pass

Gaelic Form: Bealach Cùmhlainn

Language Notes

G nom. sg. bealach masc, ‘pass’ + hydronym cùmhlainn

Element Meaning

G bealach pass; cùmhlainn river-name

Sources

Coullin 1633 Retours (Ross) no. 79
Loch Coulin (loch kaolin) Dixon,1886, xxxvi
Cùmhlainn gen. Cùmhlainn Wentworth
Cùlainn (‘u’ strongly nasal) Watson 1904, 196
Cùmhlainn Hulme 2007