Applecross Placenames Project

Placename

Gaelic name: Rubh' a' Chamais Ruaidh

Name in Original Source: Rudh' a' Chamais Ruaidh

English meaning: Point of the red/russet-coloured Bay

Placename feature: Promontory

Notes: No 'Camas Ruadh' marked on the map, but this is a small headland on the north coast of the peninsula, just south of the township of Na Feàrna Beaga

W. J. Watson's notes: 206: Rudh' a' chamais ruaidh - Red point bay

Map name appears in: OS 1880, 1905 Sheet LXXX

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.567815,-5.776366

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