Applecross Placenames Project

Placename

Gaelic name: Creag an t-Sìthein Mhòir

Name in Original Source: Creag an t-Sìthein Mhòir

English meaning: Rock of the big hill

Placename feature: Rock

Notes: Grace Ann MacBeath provided this name (19/04/2003) but said that it meant rock of the big fairy, or possibly even rock of the big flower, but sìthean means a hill or hill-top. It is a cliff on the shore of An Àird Dhubh opposite An Rubh' Eilean

W. J. Watson's notes:

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Feature Co-ordinates: 57.39314,-5.82213

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