Applecross Placenames Project

Placename

Gaelic name: Lochan na Teanga

Name in Original Source: Lochan na Teanga

English meaning: Little lochs of the tongue

Placename feature: Loch

Notes: Tongue here would probably refer to a small spit of land sticking out into the loch. This name refers to two long lochans side by side, due south of Loch an Eilein (q.v.)

W. J. Watson's notes:

Map name appears in: NG 74 SW; OS Sheet 1880 CIX-AHS

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.416332,-5.781142

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