Leac na h-Uinneige
Leac na h-Uinneige
Meaning
the slab of the window
Location
Inverness-shire
Highland
NM912843
English / Map Form: Leac na h-Uinneige
Gaelic Form: Leac na h-Uinneige
Location: Lochailort
Post Town: Glenfinnan
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Leac na h-Uinneige
Gaelic Form: Leac na h-Uinneige
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
This name was gathered as part of a local research project on the place-names of the Rough Bounds of Lochaber and was published in a booklet by SNH and AÀA. The Following quote appears in that booklet:
“Just south of Corryhully is Leac na h-Uinneige or ‘the slab of the window’, where over the millenia a hole has been worn into the stone by the water resembling a window.”
Gaelic in the Landscape: The Rough Bounds of Lochaber (Scottish Natural Heritage 2013): 7
Additional Information
This place-name was sourced locally and is not found on any maps.
