Applecross Placenames Project

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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