Applecross Placenames Project

Placename

Gaelic name: Creag nan Gunnaichean (?)

Name in Original Source: Cloich Mhor na gunnaichean

English meaning: Big stone of the guns

Placename feature: Rock

Notes: Previously recorded by Gordon Cameron as Creag nan gunnaicheanrather than the version recorded by the Applecross Historical Society, this rock appears to have a hollow on the top. It was, according to tradition, used as the site for a fake gun emplacement, possibly in Napoleonic times. Ian Mackenzie (29/06/2001)

W. J. Watson's notes:

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Feature Co-ordinates: 57.428483,-5.818954

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