Applecross Placenames Project

Placename

Gaelic name: Doire Aonar

Name in Original Source: Doire-aonar

English meaning: Lonely copse

Placename feature: Township

Notes: A small settlement on the north-east of the Applecross peninsula, and the latitude/longitude is taken from the settlement. The exact location of Doire Aonarmay be marginally different

W. J. Watson's notes: 208: Doire-aonar - Lonely copse; and Ceann-locha, loch head, at the head of Loch Shieldaig.

Map name appears in: OS 1880, 1905 Sheet XCI

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.517004,-5.665797

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