Cow Hill

Meall a' Chruidh

Meaning

the mount of the cattle

Upland Feature

Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

PH33

NN113735

English / Map Form: Cow Hill

Gaelic Form: Meall a' Chruidh

Location: Lochaber, Highland

Post Town: FORT WILLIAM

Postcode area: PH33

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Cow Hill

Gaelic Form: Meall a' Chruidh

Language Notes

G nom. sg. meall, masc, 'mound' + gen. sg. masc. def. art. a' + gen. sg. crodh, masc 'cattle' = 'mound of the cattle' i.e. cow hill

Element Meaning

G meall ~ mound; crodh ~ cattle

Sources

Cowhill 1747-55 Roy
Cowhill 1820 Thomson
Meall a’ Chruidh MacMillan
Cow Hill – Meall a Cruidhe 1881 Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh, vol vii, 165
Cow Hill or Maull de Chrye 1725 A PLAN of LOCHEALE RIVER

Additional Information

MacMillan places this north-east of Fort William in error. There is no hill of this name in that vicinity and the height is the same. The context from the proceedings makes it clear this is the correct site.

Also applied to
Cow Hill Paths~ Ceumannan Meall a’ Chruidh
Cow Hill Trails ~ Slighean Meall a’ Chruidh
Cow Hill Summit ~ Mullach Meall a’ Chruidh
Cow Hill Circuit ~ Cuairt Meall a’ Chruidh