Placename
Gaelic name: Sròn an Iarainn
Name in Original Source: Sròn an Iarruinn
English meaning: Iron point
Placename feature: Promontory
Notes: This name is attributed by W.J. Watson as being the most northerly point of the Applecross mainland. Verification is needed, but the latitude and longitude recorded in this entry reflect the geography of the area
W. J. Watson's notes: 206: Cave bay; also Creag na h-Uamha, rock of the cave. The cave in question is on the east side of the headland, facing the north-eastern bight of Ob na h-Uamha, and is called an Uaimh Shiannta, the charmed or tabooed cave. The most northerly point of Applecross, Sròn an Iarruinn, iron point, wrongly given on the O.S.M. as Rudha na h-Uamha, which latter name belongs to the headland that projects north-westward into Ob na h-Uamha.
Map name appears in: NG 76 SW
Feature Co-ordinates: 57.58567,-5.812753
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