Dubh-Chamas nan Ùbhlan
Dubh-Chamas nan Ùbhlan
Meaning
the black bay of the apple
Location
Inverness-shire
Highland
NM613840
English / Map Form: Dubh-Chamas nan Ùbhlan
Gaelic Form: Dubh-Chamas nan Ùbhlan
Location: Arisaig
Post Town: Lochailort
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Dubh-Chamas nan Ùbhlan
Gaelic Form: Dubh-Chamas nan Ùbhlan
Language Notes
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:
“The first is not known on Ordnance Survey maps but which was known locally as Dubh-Chamas nan Ùbhlan, ‘black bay of the apples’, originally called just An Dubh-Chamas.”
Gaelic in the Landscape: The Rough Bounds of Lochaber (Scottish Natural Heritage 2013): 28
Additional Information
This place-name was sourced locally and is not found on any maps.
