Inverchapel

Inbhir Chapaill

Settlement

Location

Argyll & Bute

Argyll & Bute

PA23

NS144863

English / Map Form: Inverchapel

Gaelic Form: Inbhir Chapaill

Location: Port Riddell

Post Town: DUNOON

Postcode area: PA23

County: Argyll & Bute

Local Authority: Argyll & Bute

English / Map Form: Inverchapel

Gaelic Form: Inbhir Chapaill

Language Notes

nom. sg. G inbhir, masc. ‘confluence’ + gen. sg. of capall, ‘horse’ presumably as a river-name.

Sources

Invercapill 1474 RMS ii no. 1185
?Innerheple 1493 Cart. Colquhoun LXXX no. 3 [lands of Innerheple and Cawelaid etc.]
Inverquhapil, Inverquhapill 1497 RMS ii no. 2385
Invercapill 1511 RMS ii no. 3623
Innerchappill c. 1591 Pont Map 14
Innerchappell in Cowell 1599 Retours (Argyll) no. 5
Innerquhapil 1667 RMS xi no. 1105
?Invercapill 1680 Cart. Colquhoun LXXX no. 3 [lands of Killnyne, I and Cavilat]
Innerquhappill 1695 Retours (Argyll) no.95
Inverchapil 1747-55 Roy

Alternative Forms