English / Map Form: Glen Rossal
Gaelic Form: Gleann an Ràsail
Post Town: LAIRG
Postcode area: IV27
County: Sutherland
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Glen Rossal
Gaelic Form: Gleann an Ràsail
Sources
“Rossal is hross-völlr, ‘horse-field’; its grass is injurious to cows, though harmless to horses” Watson Sutherland Names of Places, 73
From the evidence in the OS name books, Ràsail and Rossail were being used interchangeably in the late 19th century.
Names such as Allt an Ràsail, Coir’ an Ràsail, Loch an Ràsail are on current OS maps.
