Loch nan Ceall
Loch nan Cilltean
Meaning
the loch of the churches
Location
Inverness-shire
Highland
NM645856
English / Map Form: Loch nan Ceall
Gaelic Form: Loch nan Cilltean
Location: Arisaig
Post Town: Lochailort
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Loch nan Ceall
Gaelic Form: Loch nan Cilltean
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
This name was gathered as part of a local research project on the place-names of the Rough Bounds of Lochaber and was published in a booklet by SNH and AÀA. The Following quote appears in that booklet:
“The road here is coastal and the loch on the right hand side is called Loch nan Ceall, ‘loch of the churches or cells’ though it is referred to as Loch nan Cilltean locally, meaning the same thing but with a different form.”
Gaelic in the Landscape: The Rough Bounds of Lochaber (Scottish Natural Heritage 2013): 26
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