English / Map Form: Plock of Kyle
Gaelic Form: Ploc a' Chaoil
Location: Wester Ross, Highland
Post Town: ISLE OF SKYE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Plock of Kyle
Gaelic Form: Ploc a' Chaoil
Element Meaning
G ploc ~ divot, pimple, round mass; caol ~ narrows, channel
Sources
This name is used to differentiate from the more famous Plockton ~ Am Ploc, which is also be known as Ploc Loch Aillse.
The full form for this name is not given, but other places called Plock are from Am Ploc, and other names in the area have ‘a’ Chaoil’ to denote they are by the Kyle, e.g. Scalpaidh Scalpa’ Chaoil: Robertson.
