Òb Allt an Daraich
Òb Allt an Daraich
Meaning
the creek of Allt an Daraich (the burn of oak)
Location
Inverness-shire
Highland
NG714257
English / Map Form: Òb Allt an Daraich
Gaelic Form: Òb Allt an Daraich
Location: Kyleakin
Post Town: Isle of Skye
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Òb Allt an Daraich
Gaelic Form: Òb Allt an Daraich
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
This name was gathered as part of a local research project on the place-names of Strath, Isle of Skye and was published in a booklet by SNH and AÀA. The Following quote appears in that booklet:
“Òb is commonly used along the coast from Kyleakin to Breakish and means a creek or tidal inlet. … Close by is Òb Allt an Daraich, ‘the creek of Allt an Daraich’, into which Allt an Daraich, ‘the burn of the oak’, itself flows.”
Gaelic in the Landscape: Place-names of Strath, Isle of Skye (Scottish Natural Heritage 2015): 13
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