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Kincraig

Ceann na Creige

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Meaning

head of the crag


Location

Ross and Cromarty

Highland

NH694702


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

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