Applecross Placenames Project

Placename

Gaelic name: Tòrr, An [?]

Name in Original Source: Fùr, An

English meaning: The Mound [?]

Placename feature: Hill

Notes: The name for a hill feature on the north-east of the Applecross peninsula, which sits north-east of cfLoch Lunndaidh. Exact name is open to interpretation. It doesn't appear on early edition Ordnance Survey maps. Possibly [?] it should be An Tòrr, meaing a relatively low, conical hill. This feature is given a height of 387m

W. J. Watson's notes:

Map name appears in: OS Explorer Series

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.49389,-5.65797

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