Placename
Gaelic name: Boradal
Name in Original Source: Mains of Applecross
English meaning: Fort dale
Placename feature: Farm
Notes: This name refers to the area around what is known today as the Applecross Farm. The original Boradal, as suggested by W.J. Watson, relates to the broch which once stood on a small hillock overlooking the site.
W. J. Watson's notes: 204: Applecross Mains - Of old Borrodale, from N. Borgr, a burg or stronghold, and dalr, a dale; 'Fort-dale'; Gaelic curiously accents the second syllable, which suggests that some third element, e.g. á, river, has to be reckoned with.
Map name appears in: Plan NG 7144
Feature Co-ordinates: 57.431651,-5.813543
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