English / Map Form: Loch Sloy
Gaelic Form: Loch Sloidh
Location: Cairndow
Post Town: Cairndow
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
English / Map Form: Loch Sloy
Gaelic Form: Loch Sloidh
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
Lochẽ Sloy c.1591 Pont [i.e. Lochen Sloy]
Loch Sluy 1747-55 Roy
Loχan sLuy: Diack MS2276, 41
Loch Sloidh: Dwelly [but Glen Sloy = Glen Sluagh]
Loch Slòidh 1959 Bràiste Lathurna by Dugald Gordon MacDougall, 149 [poems from c. 1860-1907]
Loch Slòigh: Loch Sloy, which is also found in early sources as Lochan Slòigh. The form Loch Sluaigh can also be found.: Newton
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