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Loch Duich

Loch Dubhthaich

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Meaning

Dubhthach’s loch


Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NG915250


English / Map Form: Loch Duich

Gaelic Form: Loch Dubhthaich


Location: Wester Ross, Highland

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

Nearest Main Roads: A87

English / Map Form: Loch Duich

Gaelic Form: Loch Dubhthaich


Language Notes

G nom. sg. loch, masc. + slenderised gen. sg. of Dubhthach, masc. personal name = ‘Dubhthach’s loch’.

Element Meaning

G loch ~ loch; Dubhthach ~ personal name

Sources

L. Dowich 1654 Blaeu Map (Northern Scotland)
L. Duich 1804 Heather
Loch Duich 1880 OS 6 inch 1st edn.
Loch Duich, Dubhthaich… Loch of the black district Forbes, 246
Loch Dubhthaich Watson 1926, 284
L. Duthiach, known in Gaelic as Clachan Duich. Dieckhoff
Loch Dubhthaich local source, Geàrr-loch

Additional Information

This is the established form. Modern OS maps show the remains of St Dubhthach’s Church at the end of this loch mentioned in Watson 1904, 179 as Clachan Dubhthaich ~ St Duthac’s Kirktown.

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