Applecross Placenames Project

Placename

Gaelic name: Fireach Garbh

Name in Original Source: Fireach Garbh

English meaning: Rough moor/Rough hill ground

Placename feature: Moor

Notes: The current area of Fireach Garbh is much reduced compared to what is noted on the old Ordnance Survey maps, but contains some old (oak) trees a little up slope from the path through Srath Maol Chaluim

W. J. Watson's notes: W.J. Watson gives Fireach as meaning mountain acclivity or hill ground

Map name appears in: NG 74 NW; OS Sheet 1880 CII

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.469994,-5.774928

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