English / Map Form: Mointeach Mhòr
Gaelic Form: A' Mhòinteach Mhòr
Location: Arisaig
Post Town: Lochailort
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Mointeach Mhòr
Gaelic Form: A' Mhòinteach Mhòr
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This name was gathered as part of a local research project on the place-names of the Rough Bounds of Lochaber and was published in a booklet by SNH and AÀA. The Following quote appears in that booklet:
“This took place on Mòinteach Mhòr, ‘the big moor’ (between Arisaig and Loch Morar).”
Gaelic in the Landscape: The Rough Bounds of Lochaber (Scottish Natural Heritage 2013): 36
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