Dalnacroich
Dail na Croiche
Meaning
the meadow of the gallows
Location
Ross and Cromarty
Highland
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English / Map Form: Dalnacroich
Gaelic Form: Dail na Croiche
Location: Black Isle and Mid Ross
Post Town: STRATHPEFFER
County: Ross and Cromarty
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Dalnacroich
Gaelic Form: Dail na Croiche
Language Notes
G nom. sg. dail, fem. 'riverside meadow' + gen. sg. fem. def. art. na + gen. sg. croich, 'gallows' = 'meadow of the gallows'Element Meaning
G dail ~ riverside meadow; croich ~ gallows
Sources
Hanging or gallows plain: Watson 1904, 155
