Applecross Placenames Project

Placename

Gaelic name: Meall Gaineamhach

Name in Original Source: Meall Gaineamhach

English meaning: Sandy lump

Placename feature: Hill

Notes: This large loch lies in the Applecross deer forest, due west of the township of Cùl na Cille, and due south of the township of A' Cheannamhor. It is on the west side of the path that winds through Srath Maol Chaluim and on towards the communities on the north coast of the Applecross peninsula

W. J. Watson's notes: 205: Am meall gainmheach - Sandy hill

Map name appears in: NG 64 NE; OS 1880, 1905 Sheet CIIA

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.472339,-5.847261

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