Placename
Gaelic name: Coille nan Ròcas
Name in Original Source: Coille nan Ròcas
English meaning: The rooks' wood
Placename feature: Woodland
Notes: This name applied to the stretch of (predominantly) beech trees between the area of the Four Trees Of Applecross and Ceann na h-Àthann. Alistair McCowan (b.1926) remembers in his childhood a very dense woodland, with a prominent rookery.
W. J. Watson's notes:
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Feature Co-ordinates: 57.435954,-5.807607
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