Placename
Gaelic name: Langail
Name in Original Source: Langail
English meaning: Long field
Placename feature: Field
Notes: In current usage, it is almost always rendered as Langwell, it is generally pronounced Line-gal by local Gaelic speakers. This is believed to be a Norse name. It was applied to an area of fine arable ground south-east of Boradal, and south of (and virtually adjacent to) Ach' a' Choirce (q.v.). There appears to be a significant settlement situated there just at the top of a very steep field on an Applecross Estate map of c.1810 (at least 23 buildings are marked). See also Pairc Langail. Kenneth Macrae, F.S.A.: LONGOLL. This is a Norse name, still used. This place was incorporated in the farm, partly arable and partly outrun. The sites of the houses of the evicted tenants can still be seen.
W. J. Watson's notes: 204: Langwell, Longfield
Map name appears in: Estate maps only
Feature Co-ordinates: 57.428467,-5.807502
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