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Inshriach

An Innis Riabhach


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Highland

NH897071


English / Map Form: Inshriach

Gaelic Form: An Innis Riabhach


Location: Aviemore ~ An Aghaidh Mhòr

Post Town: Aviemore ~ An Aghaidh Mhòr

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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

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This is distinct from (Loch) Insh, by the banks of Loch an Eilein.

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