Applecross Placenames Project

Placename

Gaelic name: Meall Ùr a' Bhorraich

Name in Original Source: Meall Ùr a' Bhorraich

English meaning: Lump of the fresh mountain grass (?)

Placename feature: Hill

Notes: The Ordnance Survey name books for Applecross give this name as meaning The hill of the fresh mountain grass. The late Roderick Gillanders (Ruaraidh Sheòic) suggested that the name is actually cfMeall Urrabroc. The name applies to a large stretch of hillside above the east shore of Loch Toghsgaig

W. J. Watson's notes:

Map name appears in: Sheet 1880 CIX-AHS

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.3744,-5.7979

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