Applecross Placenames Project

Placename

Gaelic name: Loch Meall nam Feadan

Name in Original Source: Loch Meall nam Feadan

English meaning: Loch of the hill of the streams

Placename feature: Loch

Notes: Although feadan can mean chanters (the musical instruments), in this context it is more likely to mean streams. At least six fair-sized streams drop down this hill into the sea. The loch sits in the hill high above the eastern shore of Loch Toghsgaig

W. J. Watson's notes:

Map name appears in: 1880 Sheet CXVI

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.364585,-5.775873

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