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Sandhaven

Acarsaid na h-Oitir

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Argyll & Bute

Argyll & Bute

PA23

NS149816


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.
 

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