Applecross Placenames Project

Placename

Gaelic name: Port Ruaraidh (1)

Name in Original Source: Port Ruaraidh (1)

English meaning: Roderick's landing place (1)

Placename feature: Bay

Notes: (1) A little bay between cfAn Àird Bhàn and cfCoille Ghillie, possibly the one where there is a lot of white sand. A whale’s corpse was washed up here in 1991. (Rhoda Cameron, 03/01/2004)

W. J. Watson's notes:

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Feature Co-ordinates: 57.374036,-5.824087

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