English / Map Form: South Strome
Gaelic Form: An Sròm a Deas
Location: Wester Ross, Highland
Post Town: STROME FERRY
Postcode area: IV53
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A890
English / Map Form: South Strome
Gaelic Form: An Sròm a Deas
Language Notes
G nom. sg. masc. art. an + nom. sg. sròm masc. ‘stream, current’ (from ON straumr but here treated as a Gaelic word) = ‘the current’Element Meaning
G sròm ~ stream, current
Sources
| Strome | 1495 RMS ii no. 228 |
| terrarum de Strone (vel Strome) | 1615 Retours (Inverness) no. 30 |
| Meikle Strome | 1655 RMS x no. 440 |
| Meikle Strome | 1681 RPS [1681/7/155] |
| Strome Ferry, Port an t-Sròim | Dwelly 1912 |
| Sròm a Deas | local source Geàrr-loch |
| Strome-carronach An Stróm Carrthonnach | Robertson |
| Strome, Mid- Stróm Meadhonach | Robertson |
| Strome, Meall- Meall an t-Sroim | Robertson |
Additional Information
On modern maps Stromeferry is a settlement. Moreover the burn flowing into it is Allt Port na Cloiche, perhaps the original name. Nearby is Meall an t-Srom; on other side of Loch Carron are from south-west to north-East: Stromemore, North Strome, Mid Strome, Stromemeanach. This is in origin a Norse word, and does not appear in Dwelly, but there is written evidence for it being used with the definite article.