Applecross Placenames Project

Placename

Gaelic name: Glas Càrnaich [A' Ghlas Chàrnaich]

Name in Original Source: Glais Chàrnach

English meaning: Grey stony place [?]

Placename feature: Defile

Notes: Recorded by AHS survey. Name from Murdo Duncan MacRae, Camusterrach. Written on the map as A' Ghlais Chàrnaich. It is an area of the hill, just outside the main fence delineating the in-bye from the hill grazing, and lies between Allt na Crìche to the north and a stream known only as An t-Allt to the south. Co-ordinates are approximate and need to be verified

W. J. Watson's notes:

Map name appears in: Sheet 1880 CIX-AHS

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.412255,-5.806936

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