English / Map Form: Inshriach
Gaelic Form: An Innis Riabhach
Location: Aviemore ~ An Aghaidh Mhòr
Post Town: Aviemore ~ An Aghaidh Mhòr
County: -- Select a county --
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Inshriach
Gaelic Form: An Innis Riabhach
Language Notes
an, nom. sg. fem. def. art. + nom. sg. G innis, fem. ‘island’ + G nom. sg. fem. adj. riabhach, ‘speckled’ = ‘the speckled island’Sources
“Inshriach, “brindled field”, though the name now applies to a broad stretch of moor and forest. It may be that the brindled appearance came from exposed banks of fine sand
here, showing white against pinewoods, heather, and lime-rich green patches.” MacGregor 1993 Transactions, Gaelic Place-names in Strathspey, 324
Additional Information
This is distinct from (Loch) Insh, by the banks of Loch an Eilein.
