English / Map Form: Sandhaven
Gaelic Form: Acarsaid na h-Oitir
Location: Cowal, Argyll
Post Town: DUNOON
Postcode area: PA23
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
English / Map Form: Sandhaven
Gaelic Form: Acarsaid na h-Oitir
Language Notes
G nom. sg. acarsaid, fem. ‘harbour’ + gen. sg. fem. art. na + gen. sg. of G oitir fem. 'sandbank'Element Meaning
G acarsaid ~ harbour’; oitir ~ sandbank
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Additional Information
This is near Sandbank ~ An Oitir. This is a new development, only on record from OS 1979. Houses in this are were called Brockswood on 1856 Admiralty Chart 2159.