Glen Aladale
Gleann Alladail
Meaning
the glen of Aladale (N)
Location
Inverness-shire
Highland
NM824741
English / Map Form: Glen Aladale
Gaelic Form: Gleann Alladail
Location: Lochailort
Post Town: Glenfinnan
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Glen Aladale
Gaelic Form: Gleann Alladail
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:
“Glen Aladale or Gleann Alladail is a Norse name in origin. There is another Alladale in Easter Ross and they possibly both derive from Ali, a Norse personal name, thus meaning ‘Ali’s valley’. This has nothing to do with anyone called Alasdair!”
Gaelic in the Landscape: The Rough Bounds of Lochaber (Scottish Natural Heritage 2013): 18
