Applecross Placenames Project

Placename

Gaelic name: Loch an Uaimh

Name in Original Source: Loch nan Uaighean

English meaning: Loch of the cave

Placename feature: Loch

Notes: A north-south running loch in the hill, west of Loch Bràigh an Achaidh (q.v.) The Ordnance Survey and various official sources refer to it as Loch nan Uaighean (loch of the graves?) but local informants always give this loch's name as Loch an Uaimh

W. J. Watson's notes:

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

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.405398,-5.773436

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