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Kinlocheil

Ceann Loch Iall

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Meaning

head of loch Iall


Settlement

Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NM979791


English / Map Form: Kinlocheil

Gaelic Form: Ceann Loch Iall


Location: Lochaber, Highland

Post Town: FORT WILLIAM

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

Nearest Main Roads: A830

English / Map Form: Kinlocheil

Gaelic Form: Ceann Loch Iall


Genitive Form: Cheann Loch Iall

Language Notes

G nom. sg. ceann, masc. ‘head, end’ + gen. sg. loch, masc. ‘loch’ + gen. sg. Iall obscure element = ‘head of loch Iall’.

Element Meaning

G ceann ~ head, end of; loch ~ loch; iall obscure element

Sources

Chanlaycheil 1495 RMS ii no. 2281
Loch Eil: Lochille 1516 RSS i no. 2872
Loch Eil: Loch Yell c. 1590 Pont map 22v
Keand lochyiell c. 1620 Pont text 85v
Chanlocheill 1608 Retours (Inverness) no. 21
Loch Eil = Lochyeld 1630 Geog. Coll. ii, 221
Loch Eil = Loch – Iol 1654 Blaeu Map (Breadalbane)
Loch Eil = Loch en Yell 1654 Blaeu Map 34
Loch Eil = Lochzeld 1695 Retours (Argyle) no. 93
Lochiall 1874 TGSI vol.III, 125 who?
Ceann Loch Ial MacMillan, 261
Ceann Loch Iall MacKinnon, 18
Ceann Loch Iall previous signage
Ceann Loch Ial TM

Additional Information

The meaning is obscure, but the Gaelic form is established. The old forms point to Iall ~ (thong, strap, which may refer to the shape of the loch) rather than Ial.

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