English / Map Form: Lochailort
Gaelic Form: Loch Ailleart
Location: Lochaber, Highland
Post Town: LOCHAILORT
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A830
English / Map Form: Lochailort
Gaelic Form: Loch Ailleart
Language Notes
G nom. sg. loch, masc. + presumed gen. sg. of Ailleart, an obscure elementElement Meaning
G loch ~ loch; Ailleart ~ loch name
Sources
| Lochailort or Ceann Loch Ailleart | OS current name |
| Ceann Loch Ailleart | current road signage |
| Loch Ailleart | AK. |
Additional Information
Mac an Tàilleir: “Loch Ailleart. This Gaelic/Norse name contains both languages’ elements for a “sea loch”, but the defining Norse element is unclear.”
Informant AK, a resident of Glencoe, stated that he and people he knew referred to this place always as Loch Ailleart, but that he had also heard Ceann Loch Ailleart plenty of times.
