Applecross Placenames Project

Placename

Gaelic name: Lochan an t-Sagairt

Name in Original Source: Lochan an t-Sagairt

English meaning: Lochs of the priest

Placename feature: Loch

Notes: According to Bishop Reeves, these three small lochs close together in the hill to the north of Loch Àirigh Alasdair (q.v.) may be a landscape remnant of the tradition of Saint Maelruba. Also appears on miscellaneous maps as Loch-an-Tagart. The decimal degree co-ordinates are taken in the centre of the northernmost of the three lochans

W. J. Watson's notes:

Map name appears in: Sheet 1880 CIX-AHS

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.37611,-5.755459

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