Applecross Placenames Project

Placename

Gaelic name: Port, Am

Name in Original Source: Port, Am

English meaning: The landing place

Placename feature: Shoreline feature

Notes: Information from Donald Cameron, 9th August 2011. The name for the area where boats are on outhaulers off the back of the Camus Terrach pier.<br /><br />In Applecross, it seems that port is generally used as a word for a small landing place, even a clearing on the shore, rather than a constructed entity

W. J. Watson's notes:

Map name appears in: Does not appear on maps

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.406186,-5.813155

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