Placename
Gaelic name: Glac na h-Ioramaich
Name in Original Source: Glac nan Imirichean
English meaning: Hollow of the flitting
Placename feature: Defile
Notes: Dr Alexander K Gillies has written: At top of skyline behind houses near lochs (where peats used to be cut & cattle grazed). This is a long hollow, reasonably easy to traverse, which would have been a natural pathway from the townships on the shorelinDr Alexander K Gillies has written: At top of skyline behind houses near lochs (where peats used to be cut & cattle grazed). <br /><br /><br /><br />This is a long hollow, reasonably easy to traverse, which would have been a natural pathway from the townships on the shoreline up to the summer shielings. Duncan Murchison (24th October 2012) pointed out that the local Applecross Gaelic dialect pronounces the last element as Ioramaich
W. J. Watson's notes:
Map name appears in: NG 74 SW; OS Sheet 1880 CIX-AHS
Feature Co-ordinates: 57.391801,-5.780667
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