Placename
Gaelic name: Meall Aoghaireachaidh
Name in Original Source: Meall Arachaidh
English meaning: Lump of shepherding
Placename feature: Hill
Notes: This hill is named Meall nan Nathraichean (q.v.) on the 1880 edition of this map sheet.
W. J. Watson's notes: 213: Meall Aoghaireachaidh, (O.S.M., Meall an fhireachan) - 'Hill of shepherding.' It is N.E. Of Beinn a' Chlachain, and marks the spot where the green plain of Srath Maol-chaluim changes into the bleak uplands of Applecross. Near it is Meall nan Doireachain, hill of the copses.
Map name appears in: NG 74 NW; OS 1905 Sheet XCI
Feature Co-ordinates: 57.482799,-5.76016
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