English / Map Form: Dalcataig
Gaelic Form: Dail Chataig
Location: Lochaber, Highland
Post Town: FORT AUGUSTUS
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A82
English / Map Form: Dalcataig
Gaelic Form: Dail Chataig
Language Notes
Now understood as: nom. sg. dail, fem. ‘riverside meadow’ + *catag, obscure element.Element Meaning
G dail ~ meadow; catag ~ obscure
Sources
| Dalkatteg M. | 1636-52 1654 Blaeu Map (Northern Scotland) |
| Dalcattig | 1745 Herman Moll’s The East Part of the Shire of Inverness |
| Dalcataig | 1874 OS 6 inch 1st edn. |
Dail Chataig: Robertson