Slaggan Bay

Camas an t-Slagain

Coastal

Location

Ross and Cromarty

Highland

NG836941

English / Map Form: Slaggan Bay

Gaelic Form: Camas an t-Slagain

Location: Wester Ross, Highland

Post Town: ACHNASHEEN

County: Ross and Cromarty

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Slaggan Bay

Gaelic Form: Camas an t-Slagain

Language Notes

G nom. sg. camas, masc. ‘bay’ + nom. sg. masc. adj. mòr, ‘big’ + Slagan’ = the gen. sg. masc. def. art. an (with t- before sibilants) + gen. sg. slagan masc, unclear meaning

Element Meaning

G camas ~ bay; slagan unclear meaning

Sources

Slaggan Bay 1857 Admiralty

Chart 2509
Slaggan = a’ Slagan, gen. An t-Slagain Wentworth
an Slagan odhar Watson 1904, 237
Slagan Dixon, 1886, xxxix
Camas Mòr an t-Slagain MacRobbie

Additional Information

Allt an t-Slagain empties into this bay.