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.
