English / Map Form: Kincraig
Gaelic Form: Ceann na Creige
Location: Easter Ross, Highland
Post Town: INVERGORDON
County: Ross and Cromarty
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Kincraig
Gaelic Form: Ceann na Creige
Genitive Form: Ceann na Creige
Language Notes
G nom. sg. ceann, masc. ‘head, end’ + gen. sg. fem. art. na + gen. sg. of creag, fem. ‘rock, crag’ = ‘head of the crag’Element Meaning
G ceann ~ head, end; creag ~ rock, cra(i)g
Sources
| terras de Kincragy | 1476 RMS iii no. 1227 |
| Kynnacrege | 1479 ER viii 261 |
| Kynnakreg | 1479 ER viii 261 |
| avenarum de Kynnacrag | 1487 ER ix 276 |
| landis of Kincrag | 1527 RPS [1527/18] |
| terras de Kincraig | 1565 RMS iv no. 1618 |
| Kingcraig | 1587 RMS v no. 1331 |
| terras de Culcraggy (vel Kincragie) | 1587 RMS v no. 1331 |
| Kincraig | 1589 RMS iv no. 1625 |
| Kincraigie | 1591 RMS iv no. 1975 (footnote) |
| Kincraig | 1608 RMS vi no. 2109 |
| Kyncraig | 1614 RMS viii no. 1115 |
| Kincraig | 1631 RMS viii no. 1720 |
| terrarum de Kincraig | 1691 Retours (Ross and Cromarty) no. 1 |
| Kincrage | 1730 Wade’s Military Maps of Scotland |
| Kincraig | 1820 Thomson |
| Lower Kincraig | 1880 OS 6 inch 1st edn. |
| Lower Kincraig | 1898 Admiralty Chart 3110 |
| G Ceann na creige Rock-end | Watson 1904, 70 |
Additional Information
Applied to: Lower Kincraig Farm ~ Ceann na Creige Ìosal