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Lochend

Ceann Loch

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Meaning

head of the loch/ the red davoch


Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NH598380


English / Map Form: Lochend

Gaelic Form: Ceann Loch


Location: Inverness area, Highland

Post Town: INVERNESS

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

Nearest Main Roads: A82

English / Map Form: Lochend

Gaelic Form: Ceann Loch


Language Notes

G nom. sg. ceann, masc. ‘head, end’ + gen. sg. loch, masc. ‘loch’

Element Meaning

G ceann ~ head/end; loch ~ loch

Sources

Daach na Crag 1745 Herman Moll’s The East Part of the Shire of Inverness
Lochend 1820 Thomson
An Ceann Loch / An Dabhach Dearg HB

Additional Information

“Dochnacraig or Dochdearg was the old name for the district now known as Lochend”: Barron, 156

Informant HB stated that Dabhach na Creige is obsolete and An Dabhach Dearg is currently used. He went on to say however An Ceann Loch was the term in current usage.

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