Applecross Placenames Project

Placename

Gaelic name: Lochan Gobhlach

Name in Original Source: Lochan Gobhlach

English meaning: Forked lochs

Placename feature: Loch

Notes: Two small lochs, very close together, which lie in the hill on the west side of Càrn Chailein and south-east of Loch Bràigh an Achaidh(q.v.) The northernmost of the two is very noticeably forked at both north and south ends; the southernmost is also forked albeit less so. The co-ordinates are taken from the centre of the northernmost loch

W. J. Watson's notes:

Map name appears in: Sheet 1880 CIX-AHS

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.385944,-5.727823

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