Applecross Placenames Project

Placename

Gaelic name: Monadh Chamas Teile

Name in Original Source: Monadh Chamasteile

English meaning: Common grazing of Camasteel

Placename feature: Hill

Notes: Recorded by AHS survey. Name from Murdo Duncan MacRae, Camusterrach. In former times, Camasteel had no land except what was marked off inside the stone boundary that encompasses the township, so this name refers to an area of hill grazing

W. J. Watson's notes:

Map name appears in: Sheet 1880 CIX-AHS

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.4145,-5.7936

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