Slockavullin
Sloc a’ Mhuilinn
Meaning
the hollow of the mill
Location
Argyll & Bute
Argyll & Bute
PA31
NR821978
English / Map Form: Slockavullin
Gaelic Form: Sloc a’ Mhuilinn
Location: Mid-Argyll
Post Town: LOCHGILPHEAD
Postcode area: PA31
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
English / Map Form: Slockavullin
Gaelic Form: Sloc a’ Mhuilinn
Language Notes
G nom. sg. sloc, fem. ‘park’ + masc. gen. sg. def. art. a’ (leniting) + lenited gen. sg. muileann, masc. ‘mill’ = ‘the hollow of the mill’Sources
Slockmullin 1675 Justiciary Records of Argyll, 32
Sloc a’ Mhuilinn: Nils Holmer notebooks
ˌsʟoxk̥ ə ˈvulɪnˌ: Gaelic place-names in Linguistic Atlas and Survey of Irish Dialects, iv., p. 228
