Placename
Gaelic name: Goirtean Dubh (2)
Name in Original Source: Goirtean Dubh (2)
English meaning: Black corn-field
Placename feature: Field
Notes: (2) An Goirtean Dubh was recorded by Ian Fraser of the Scottish Place Names Survey when he visited Applecross in May 1971, as being a field in Baile a' Mhuilinn( q.v.). He said this was the most northerly usage of the word goirtean as a place name element that he had recorded on mainland Scotland, although it is commonly used in Western Inverness-shire. [Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Vol. LVII, 210]
W. J. Watson's notes:
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Feature Co-ordinates: 57.425,-5.817
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