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Loch Sloy

Loch Sloidh


Water

Location

Argyll & Bute

Argyll & Bute

NN281124


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


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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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