Applecross Placenames Project

Placename

Gaelic name: Rubha nan Lachan

Name in Original Source: Rubha nan Lachan

English meaning: Promontory of the ducks

Placename feature: Promontory

Notes: The promontory which is now site of a Ministry of Defence installation at Sannda. An Admiralty chart of 1850 refers to this as Ru na Lachan

W. J. Watson's notes:

Map name appears in: Admiralty chart

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.47389,-5.86928

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