Applecross Placenames Project

Placename

Gaelic name: Rubha nan Uamhag

Name in Original Source: Rudha na h-Uamha

English meaning: Promontory of the cave

Placename feature: Promontory

Notes: (1) This particular promontory is the southernmost point on the mainland Applecross peninsula

W. J. Watson's notes: 203: Rudha nan Uamhag - Promontory of the hollows, or the small caves, the most southerly point of Applecross; named from Uags - G. Na h-Uamhagan, the hollows. It is a tiny township.

Map name appears in: 1880 Sheet CXVI

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.346522,-5.788213

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