English / Map Form: Kirkhill
Gaelic Form: Cnoc Mhoire
Location: Inverness
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Kirkhill
Gaelic Form: Cnoc Mhoire
Language Notes
G nom. sg cnoc, `hill' + gen. sg. fem. Moire, `personal name (Mary)'Element Meaning
G cnoc ~ hill + Moire ~ personal name
Sources
| Cnoc-Mhoire | Am Fèillire 1875 |
| Cnoc Mhoire | Robertson |
| Kirkhill (parish) Sgìre cnoc na gaoithe Sgìre Mhoire | Robertson in Dwelly |
| Kirkhill, site of parish church, formerly Wardlaw – Cnoc Mhoire | Dwelly |
To this day the Gaelic people call the eminence Cnoc Mhoire – Mary’s Hill’ Wardlaw MS, xv (1905)