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Lochailort

Loch Ailleart

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Meaning

loch name


Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NM765825


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 element

Element 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.

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