Loch na Crèithich

Loch na Crèithich

Meaning

the loch of the brushwood

Water

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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