Applecross Placenames Project

Placename

Gaelic name: Àird Dhubh, An

Name in Original Source: Ard-dhubh

English meaning: Black promontory

Placename feature: Promontory

Notes: A crofting township now exists on An Àird Dhubh, a settlement created after the Applecross Estate improvements of c.1810. It had no fresh water source, so inhabitants used to row across to An t-Alltan Dubh to fill barrels for drinking and cooking

W. J. Watson's notes:

Map name appears in: NG 74 SW

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.3983,-5.8185

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