Placename
Gaelic name: Sròn na Ceannmhoir
Name in Original Source: Sròn a' Cheanna-mhuir
English meaning: Point of the sea promontory
Placename feature: Promontory
Notes: In the 1880 edition of this map sheet, the name is given as Sròn a' Chinn Mhòir(Nose of the big promontory); in the 1905 edition, it is listed as Sròn a' Cheanna-mhuir (Nose of the sea promontory).
W. J. Watson's notes: 207: Kenmore - G. a' Cheannmhor; ceannmhor (Ir. cend-mór or cendmár) means 'big-headed'; cf. ceanndearg, red-headed. This adjective seems to be here used as a noun fem. The G. Of Kenmore in Perthshire is the same, and both as accented on the first syllable. Sròn na Ceannmhoir, Kenmore Point.
Map name appears in: OS 1880, 1905 Sheet LXXX
Feature Co-ordinates: 57.55214,-5.742075
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