Placename
Gaelic name: Clach na h-Àirighe
Name in Original Source: Clach na h-Àirighe
English meaning: Stone of the shieling
Placename feature: Stone/rock
Notes: This place name relates to a feature on the path towards Poll Domhainn Beag as you head away from the cross-roads on the road towards An Àird Dhubh [Dr Alexander K. Gillies' list compiled for the Applecross Historical Society, date unknown, co-ordinates are approximate as actual location is not precisely recorded]<br /><br /><br /><br />In a further note to this list, it is written that: GA gives the name as Clais, a hollow. GA is probably the late Mrs Grace Ann MacBeath (1915-2005) who was born and raised in An Àird Dhubh<br /><br /><br /><br />Alison MacLeod recorded the name as Clais na h-Aìridh (sic) in 2003 in a survey for Applecross Historical Society, with the note: Hollow of the shieling. (In the glen on the road to Coillegillie and Ardbain)<br /><br /><br /><br />On balance, with two sources giving Claisas the root of the first name element, it should probably be accepted that it is in fact Clais na h-Àirighe
W. J. Watson's notes:
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Feature Co-ordinates: 57.390766,-5.811753
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