Applecross Placenames Project

Placename

Gaelic name: Allt Mòr (1)

Name in Original Source: Allt Mòr (1)

English meaning: Big stream

Placename feature: Stream

Notes: (1) This stream flows west into the main Applecross River. Applecross Estate Brochure of Sale, July 1887, refers to this stream as Big Burn

W. J. Watson's notes: 204: An t-allt Mòr, big burn, comes down opposite [Hartfield]. Its head branches are Allt a' chùirn dheirg, from Carn Dearg, Red Cairn (2119), and An t-allt grànda, ugly burn.

Map name appears in: NG 74 NW

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.452667,-5.775546

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