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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