Applecross Placenames Project

Placename

Gaelic name: Poit [A' Phoit]

Name in Original Source: A' Phoit

English meaning: The pot/cauldron

Placename feature: Corrie

Notes: This is the name for a deep corrie on the east side of A' Bheinn Bhàn.<br /><br /><br /><br />The notes in teh Ordnance Survey namebook of the 1870s state that this feature: '... is an excellent representation of an upturned pot.'

W. J. Watson's notes:

Map name appears in: Sheet 1880 CIII

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.44575,-5.6562

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