English / Map Form: Portuairk
Gaelic Form: Port Uairce
Location: Lochaber, Highland
Post Town: ACHARACLE
Postcode area: PH36
County: -- Select a county --
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Portuairk
Gaelic Form: Port Uairce
Language Notes
G nom. sg. port, masc. ‘harbour’ + ua(i)rce obscure ON elementElement Meaning
G port harbour; ua(i)rce obscure possibly ON element
Sources
Portuairk 1912 Bartholomew
Port-uairce.. (Norse saur, mud and vik, bay) Henderson 1915, 161