English / Map Form: Glen Cruitten
Gaelic Form: Gleann Cruitein
Location: Oban
Post Town: Oban
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
English / Map Form: Glen Cruitten
Gaelic Form: Gleann Cruitein
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
Gleann-cruitein: Am Filidh Latharnach le Calum Caimbeul MacPhàil 1947
“a glen near Oban called ‘Gleann-cruitein,’ which may mean the glen of the harper, or the glen of the king-fisher.”: Carmina Gaedelica, 261
Thug Iain Love air ri Gleann-Cruitein: Henderson, Rev George, ‘Lamh-Sgriobhainnean Mhic-Neacail’ Transactions, 406
bruthach Ghleann Cruitein / Glen Cruitein brae: Còmhraidhean an Gàidhlig ‘s am Beurla, 1892, 52
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