Loch na Crèithich
Loch na Crèithich
Meaning
the loch of the brushwood
Location
Inverness-shire
Highland
NG512206
English / Map Form: Loch na Crèithich
Gaelic Form: Loch na Crèithich
Location: Broadford
Post Town: Isle of Skye
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Loch na Crèithich
Gaelic Form: Loch na Crèithich
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
This name was gathered as part of a local research project on the place-names of Strath, Isle of Skye and was published in a booklet by SNH and AÀA. The Following quote appears in that booklet:
“Loch na Crèitheach is known by some locals as Loch na Crèithich, ‘the loch of the brushwood’.”
Gaelic in the Landscape: Place-names of Strath, Isle of Skye (Scottish Natural Heritage 2015): 24
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