English / Map Form: Daingean
Gaelic Form: An Daingeann
Location: Lochaber, Highland
Post Town: INVERGARRY
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Daingean
Gaelic Form: An Daingeann
Language Notes
G nom. sg. masc. def. art. an + nom. sg. daingeann ‘stronghold’ an adjective used as a noun.Element Meaning
G daingeann ~ stronghold
Sources
| Daugaine | 1685 Retours (Argyle) no. 89 |
| Dangayne | 1696 Retours (Argyle) no. 95 |
| Daingan | 1820 Thomson |
AN DAINGEANN – The fort
Additional Information
See Watson 1926, 183 ‘The Dungeon’ of Buchan is an daingean, ‘the fastness’.
Dwelly and MacLennan have daingeann as an adjective and daingneach as a noun.