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Culcharry

Cùl a’ Chàrra


Location

Nairnshire

Highland

NH863502


English / Map Form: Culcharry

Gaelic Form: Cùl a’ Chàrra


Location: Nairnshire, Highland

Post Town: NAIRN

County: Nairnshire

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Culcharry

Gaelic Form: Cùl a’ Chàrra


Language Notes

nom. sg. G cùil, masc. ‘nook’ + gen. sg. masc. def. art. a’ (leniting) + lenited gen. sg. of càrr, ‘rock’

Element Meaning

 

Sources

Culcharie 1623 RMS viii no. 411
Culcharry 1782 Calder Parish maps

Additional Information

It is not clear whether the generic element is cùil or cùl. There are a number of other cùil names in the Inner Moray Firth area, such as Cùil Lodair.

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