English / Map Form: Redpoint
Gaelic Form: An Rubha Dearg
Location: Wester Ross, Highland
Post Town: GAIRLOCH
Postcode area: IV21
County: Ross and Cromarty
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Redpoint
Gaelic Form: An Rubha Dearg
Language Notes
G nom. sg. masc. def. art. an + nom. sg. rubha, masc. 'point, headland' + nom. sg. masc. adj. dearg, 'red'Element Meaning
G rubha ~ point, headland; dearg ~ red
Sources
| Mealveldearg and Row Meal-vel-dearg | 1747-55 Roy |
| Mealvealdearg or Melvildearg | 1820 Thomson |
| Ru Ruag | 1850 Admiralty Chart 2638 |
| Ru Ruag | 1857 Admiralty Chart 2509 |
| a’ Rubha Dearg | Wentworth |
| an Rudha Dearg but sometimes called an Rudha lachdunn | Watson 1904, 220 |
| An Rubha Dearg | Hulme 2007 |
| An Rubha Dearg | Fraser 2009 |
Additional Information
This is by Maol Ruadh on modern OS maps.
