Applecross Placenames Project

Placename

Gaelic name: Loch nan Leac

Name in Original Source: Loch nan Leac

English meaning: Loch of the flagstones

Placename feature: Loch

Notes: The only loch on Eilean Mòr (Chròlaig)(q.v.) Interestingly, Ruaraidh Sheòic (Roderick Gillanders of Toscaig) is interviewed by the Scottish Place Names Survey in May 1971 and very definitely records this as Loch na Lice - the loch of the flagstone/slab

W. J. Watson's notes:

Map name appears in: Sheet 1880 CXV

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.343853,-5.834392

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