Lochailort

Loch Ailleart

Meaning

loch name

Settlement

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.

Alternative Forms

 Loch Ailort