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
Ellice 1932 p. 78 (spelt as Daingean on the map
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.
