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Harrow Hill

Cnoc Harrow

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Caithness

Highland

ND365500


English / Map Form: Harrow Hill

Gaelic Form: Cnoc Harrow


Location: Caithness, Highland

Post Town: WICK

County: Caithness

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Harrow Hill

Gaelic Form: Cnoc Harrow


Sources

Harrow Road 1857 Admiralty Chart 2170

“Probably O.N. *H?rgr, a heathen place of worship. (J. S.). Cf. Gaelic, *Aroch, a hamlet or dwelling.”: Place-names of Canisbay

ON, prob. hörgr, cairn or heathen site, most likely first.: Waugh, 297

In addition to Na Horgh at Castlebay, Barra, add Loch Thorranish, above Bornish, S. Uist. Horgar-nes, the promontory of the sacrificial grove, grove or Harrowness.’: Henderson 1910, 331

Additional Information

Although a number of Gaelic versions connected with this ON element exist, there is no accepted form for this place-name.

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