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.