Port a' Bhàta Mhòir
Port a' Bhàta Mhòir
Meaning
the port of the big boat
Location
Inverness-shire
Highland
NM890794
English / Map Form: Port a' Bhàta Mhòir
Gaelic Form: Port a' Bhàta Mhòir
Location: Lochailort
Post Town: Glenfinnan
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Port a' Bhàta Mhòir
Gaelic Form: Port a' Bhàta Mhòir
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
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:
“At Port a’ Bhàta Mhòir, ‘port of the big boat’, an eight-oared boat used to put sport fishers ashore to fish in Loch na Sleubhaich. Prior to this a smaller boat had been dragged up to the hill loch to use for fishing on the loch.”
Gaelic in the Landscape: The Rough Bounds of Lochaber (Scottish Natural Heritage 2013): 12
Additional Information
This place-name was locally sourced and is not found on any maps
