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Toscaig

Toscaig


Settlement

Location

Ross and Cromarty

Highland

IV54

NG712386


English / Map Form: Toscaig

Gaelic Form: Toscaig


Post Town: STRATHCARRON

Postcode area: IV54

County: Ross and Cromarty

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Toscaig

Gaelic Form: Toscaig


Sources

Toscaig: Robertson

“Toscaig Toskag 1662; G. Toghscaig (close o); ‘t-hauga-skik, how-strip;’ hauga,’ a cairn, barrow, how. There is also Abhainn Thoghscaig, the river of Toscaig, and Loch Thoghscaig, the loch of Toscaig.” Watson 1904, 203

“Toscaig is the name of a township at the head of the loch and the mouth of the river named after it. The Gaelic is right, except that it does not require ‘gh.’ The name, as far as appears, is really connected with the loch not the cape, and suggests ‘vik’ as the latter part of it.” Robertson, The Northern Chronicle September 3, 1902

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