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Placename

Gaelic name: Poll Creadha

Name in Original Source: Poll Creadha

English meaning: Clay pool (or 'Clay-ish pool')

Placename feature: Sea pool

Notes: Always pronounced 'Pol-cree-eech' in Applecross, it is where the fishing boats and yachts lie at anchor, south-east of the township of An Àird Dhubh

W. J. Watson's notes: 203: Am Poll Creadhaich (O.S.M. Poll creadha) - Clay pool

Map name appears in: NG 74 SW; Sheet 1880 CIX-AHS

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.398627,-5.812842

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