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Loch Drunkie

Loch Drongaidh


Meaning

loch of the place called ‘Drongaidh’


Water

Location

Stirlingshire

Stirling

NN545044


English / Map Form: Loch Drunkie

Gaelic Form: Loch Drongaidh


Location: Callander

Post Town: Callander

County: Stirlingshire

Local Authority: Stirling

English / Map Form: Loch Drunkie

Gaelic Form: Loch Drongaidh


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Element Meaning

 

Sources

Lochdrungy 1477 RMS ii no 1274
L. Dronky Loch Dronky burn cald Ess-growach or wgly lynn c. 1591 Pont text 131v
Loch Drunkie 1783 Stobie

Loch Drongaidh: Watson in Dwelly
L. dhrunggi, dhronggi: Diack MS2276
Loch Drongaidh: Robertson (from James Macdiarmaid)
Drongaidh: Watson CW69 69v

Diack gives Invertrossach as Dronggi. It is likely in this case that Invertrossachs is a modern name, and Loch Drunkie is named after the original name for this settlement. Beveridge says it is a ‘fancy name’ dating from 1841 (p. 114).

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