Rubha na Coille Duibhe
Rubha na Coille Duibhe
Meaning
the promontory of the black wood
Location
Inverness-shire
Highland
NM873773
English / Map Form: Rubha na Coille Duibhe
Gaelic Form: Rubha na Coille Duibhe
Location: Lochailort
Post Town: Glenfinnan
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Rubha na Coille Duibhe
Gaelic Form: Rubha na Coille Duibhe
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:
“Next we come to Rubha na Coille Duibhe, ‘the promontory of the black wood’.”
Gaelic in the Landscape: The Rough Bounds of Lochaber (Scottish Natural Heritage 2013): 18
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