Applecross Placenames Project

Placename

Gaelic name: Murchadh Breac

Name in Original Source: Murchadh Breac

English meaning: Speckled/Brindled Murdo

Placename feature: Skerry

Notes: Admiralty chart, 1850 lists this as Murdoch Breag. It is a reef which is known to all sailors and fishermen who frequent the waters off the north coast of the Applecross peninsula, and was used as a mark for both fishing and navigation

W. J. Watson's notes:

Map name appears in: NG 76 SW; OS 1881, 1905 Sheet LXXXA

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.58064,-5.83897

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