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Lair

Làire

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Location

Ross and Cromarty

Highland

NH012486


English / Map Form: Lair

Gaelic Form: Làire


Location: Applecross

Post Town: Strathcarron

County: Ross and Cromarty

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Lair

Gaelic Form: Làire


Language Notes

 

Element Meaning

 

Sources

River Lair, Coire Laire, and Farm of Lair: from Làr in the sense of a low place, bottom.: Watson 1904, 196
Làire, Abhainn Làire: Robertson

Additional Information

In other places we have:

Port Làire Port of Lair; Lair is the name of the place, meaning probably here ‘low place.’: Watson 1904, 212

Beinn Làir To be taken in connection with Ardlàir ; there are two rocks near this promontory in L. Maree called an Lair, the mare, and an Searrach, the foal. The meaning is thus Mare-hill, and Mare-promontory.: Watson 1904, 233

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