Applecross Placenames Project

Placename

Gaelic name: Loch Lunndaidh

Name in Original Source: Loch Lundie

English meaning: Loch Lunndaidh

Placename feature: Loch

Notes: One of the largest freshwater bodies in the Applecross peninusla, it lies to the west of Meall Breac and the Glenshieldaig Forest

W. J. Watson's notes: 159: Lunndaidh is Englished Lundy, a name of very frequent occurrence, always in connection with lochs or bogs ... From all this it is clear that Lunndaidh or Lundy means a wet place, a boggy loch or stream. <br /><br /><br /><br />213: Loch Lundie - G. Loch Lunndaidh, a Pictish name; v. Maoil Lunndaidh, Contin.

Map name appears in: Sheet 1880 CII, CIII, XCII; OS Sheet 1905 XCII

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.4819,-5.664189

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