Place-names

Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history 
and origins of place names in and around our area Carn Bhren, also Carn Bhrain, or Carn Breathainn as recorded by W J Watson in 1904, is a 635-metre (2,085 ft) summit in Ardgay. Its name most likely means ‘cairn

Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history 
and origins of place names in and around our area Clach A’ Charra, a standing stone 10 ft high on the road to Dornoch opposite Ospisdale House, is believed to be of prehistoric date. According to tradition, a Danish chief was shot

Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history 
and origins of place names in and around our area In Inveran, An Sìthean or ‘place of the fairies’, was recorded as being a small enclosure of pasture situated over a mile north of Inveran farm. Nearby we find Sìthean Mòr, ‘the

Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history 
and origins of place names in and around our area Often Scottish Gaelic place names incorporate human body parts to describe landforms. Tòrr na Teangaidh situated a short distance east from Easter Achnachanat means ‘knoll of the tongue’. In the 1848-1852

Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history 
and origins of place names in and around our area Croick in Strathcarron is widely accepted as deriving from the Gaelic phrase A' Chròic, which translates to 'a branching or side glen'. William Watson states that gillean na cròic

Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history 
and origins of place names in and around our area The Munros of Culrain renamed the estate of Carbisdale (from Balinoe to Ochtow) after the estate of Culrain in the parish of Rosskeen, which in turn had been given that name after