Placename
Gaelic name: Òb nan Curach
Name in Original Source: Òb nan Curach
English meaning: Pool of the coracles
Placename feature: Inland pool
Notes: Kenneth Macrae, F.S.A., has written that it is unclear if Òb nan Curach was a natural or man-made feature. It refers to the pool where the monks involved in Maelrubha's monastic settlement kept their coracles. It is possibly the marshy area just between the coast road (opened 1976) and the Clachan Manse; or, possibly, the water inlet on the other side of the road at the top of the beach area. The co-ordinates given here reflect the former theory
W. J. Watson's notes:
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Feature Co-ordinates: 57.44402,-5.81286
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