Applecross Placenames Project

Placename

Gaelic name: Sloc na Beinne

Name in Original Source: Sloc na Beinne

English meaning: Hollow of the hill

Placename feature: Hollow

Notes: Sloc can also mean a pit, as in a potato pit. Gully outside dyke separating Culduie and Toscaig lands. [Dr Alexander K. Gillies' list compiled for the Applecross Historical Society, date unknown] Goes uphill to overlook the river, as in where it branches off to go to Glac Fhearchair.

W. J. Watson's notes:

Map name appears in: Sheet 1880 CIX-AHS

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.387533,-5.791487

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