Placename
Gaelic name: Cnoc Dubh an t-Sratha
Name in Original Source: Cnoc Dubh an t-Sratha
English meaning: Black hill of the strath
Placename feature: Hill
Notes: Mentioned in Kenneth Macrae’s History of Applecross (Applecross Historical Society archives), as being the site of a monastic cell used by Maolchalum, Abbot of Applecross: ... near the top of the glen through which winds the river Crossan and which still bears his name.<br /><br /><br /><br />The Scottish Place Name Survey in May 1971 (PN1971.016B) has informants stating that this was a settlement with people living there, but that it was now under trees
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Feature Co-ordinates: 57.465439,-5.775333
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