English / Map Form: Drumbeg
Gaelic Form: Drombaig
Location: Lairg
Post Town: Lairg
County: Sutherland
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Drumbeg
Gaelic Form: Drombaig
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
Avon Trumback 1654 Blaeu map Northern Scotland
Drumbaig 1791-99 OSA, vol 16, Assynt
Drunbeg 1820 Forbes
Drumbag 1875 OS 6 inch 1st edn. [with Loch, Eilean, Port Dhrombaig]
Dhrombaig, 1883 ‘The Highland Sportsman’
Druimbag: G. Dim., little ridge: MacKay
Additional Information
This looks to be a Norse vík name.
Drumbeg Peat Road ~ Rathad-mòine Dhrombaig