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Redpoint

An Rubha Dearg

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Meaning

the red headland


Location

Ross and Cromarty

Highland

IV21

NG725679


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.

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