Doire na Drise
Doire na Drise
Meaning
the grove of the thorn
Location
Inverness-shire
Highland
NM627836
English / Map Form: Doire na Drise
Gaelic Form: Doire na Drise
Location: Arisaig
Post Town: Lochailort
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Doire na Drise
Gaelic Form: Doire na Drise
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
This name was gathered as part of a local research project on the place-names of the Rough Bounds of Lochaber and was published in a booklet by SNH and AÀA. The Following quote appears in that booklet:
“Directly below are the ruins of the scattered township of Doire na Drise, another of the little farms of Rhu. It is recorded that there was at least one clearance from Doire na Drise in 1843, as part of that large clearance from the Rhu area by Lord Cranstoun, when fie tenants were removed.”
Gaelic in the Landscape: The Rough Bounds of Lochaber (Scottish Natural Heritage 2013): 34
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