Loch Kinellan
Loch Cheann an Eilein
Meaning
the loch of the end of the island
Location
Ross and Cromarty
Highland
NH470575
English / Map Form: Loch Kinellan
Gaelic Form: Loch Cheann an Eilein
Location: Black Isle and Mid Ross
Post Town: STRATHPEFFER
County: Ross and Cromarty
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Loch Kinellan
Gaelic Form: Loch Cheann an Eilein
Language Notes
G nom. sg. loch, masc. ‘loch’ + gen. sg. ceann, masc. ‘head, end’ + gen. sg. masc. def. art. an + gen. sg. eilean masc. ‘island’ = the end of Ceann an Eilein (‘the end of the island’)Element Meaning
G loch ~ loch; ceann ~ head, end; eilean; island
Sources
| Kynnellane | 1565 RMS iv no. 1618 |
| Kynnellane | 1595 RMS vi no. 229 |
| Kinnellane | 1614 RMS vii no. 1115 |
| Kynellane | 1669 Retours (Ross) no. 124 |
| Kynnellane | 1681 Retours (Ross) no. 138 |
| L. Kinnalan | 1747-55 Roy |
Cinn-eilein: Watson 1904, 99