Placename
Gaelic name: Faoilinn (1); An Fhaoilinn
Name in Original Source: An Fhaoilinn (1)
English meaning: The beach field
Placename feature: Field
Notes: (1) The fields currently immediately below the seaward wall at the south of the land in front of Applecross House. On the Applecross Estate map of c.1810 this name is applied to fields numbered I (9.539 acres) and II (8.92 acres) which were split by the old traditional access track which ran south-north towards the south-west side of Applecross House. This place is mentioned in several songs including Coille Mhùiridh by Dòmhnall Òg MacRath, and Òran molaidh by Iain MacCoinnich, Bàrd na Comraich. An Fhaoilinn was the venue for the traditional New Year's Day shinty matches between the men of north and south Applecross (or, occasionally, married and single men). It is said, in a paper by Kenneth Macrae, F.S.A.Scot., that this place was known in former times as Ach' Mòr, the big field. <br /><br />Macrae writes: AUCHMOIR, now an Faoilin. This is the flat expanse at the head of the bay, bordered on one side by the river and on the other by the higher land of Druimliadh. When Iain Molach MacKenzie inherited Applecross in 1662 The Tigh Bain was inadequate for his ambition. He evicted the tenants of Auchmoir and built what is now Applecross at the inner end of this flat stretch and kept the whole of Faoilin in his own hands. This seems to have been the only farm-land held by the laird for his own use up to 1800.<br /><br /><br /><br />In a recording made by Ian Fraser, Scottish Place Name Survey, May 1971 (PN1971.016B), this name appears to be applied by the informants to the fields on the western side of this area of ground only
W. J. Watson's notes: 204: An Fhaoilinn - The beach field, opposite the manse of Applecross. Behind it is Cadha na Faoilinn, pass of the 'faoilinn'.
Map name appears in: Estate maps only
Feature Co-ordinates: 57.4412,-5.8073
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