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Digg

An Dìg

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Meaning

the ditch


Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NG464695


English / Map Form: Digg

Gaelic Form: An Dìg


Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides

Post Town: PORTREE

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

Nearest Main Roads: A855

English / Map Form: Digg

Gaelic Form: An Dìg


Language Notes

G nom. sg. fem. art. an + nom. sg. dìg, fem. 'ditch or furrow'

Element Meaning

G dìg ~ ditch, furrow

Sources

? Rig 1666 RMS xi no. 902
Dig 1820 Thomson
Digg 1878 OS 6 inch 1st ed.
Rigg 1912 Bartholomew Atlas
Digg / Dig ~ Gaelic dik, deeg, dyig, dike Forbes, 153
An Dìg Robertson

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