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Cruach Doire'n Dobhrain

Cruach Doire an Dòbhrain


Meaning

the peak of the grove of the otter


Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NM629840


English / Map Form: Cruach Doire'n Dobhrain

Gaelic Form: Cruach Doire an Dòbhrain


Location: Arisaig

Post Town: Lochailort

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Cruach Doire'n Dobhrain

Gaelic Form: Cruach Doire an Dòbhrain


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Sources

This name was gathered as part of a local research project on the place-names of the Rough Bounds of Lochaber and was published in a booklet by SNH and AÀA. The Following quote appears in that booklet:

“These inlets on the coast of the peninsula are all overlooked by a hill called Cruach Doire an Dòbhrain known on Ordnance Survey maps as Cruach Doire’n Dobhrain, probably meaning ‘the hill of the thicket of the otter’. It is the tallest hill on the Rhu peninsula, and this is where the local people went to watch the emigrant ships carrying friends and family sail for the New World, never to return. Standing on this summit one can see for miles in every direction.”

Gaelic in the Landscape: The Rough Bounds of Lochaber (Scottish Natural Heritage 2013): 34

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