Applecross Placenames Project

Placename

Gaelic name: Coire Meurachaidh

Name in Original Source: Coire Meurachaidh

English meaning: Corrie of tributaries [?]

Placename feature: Corrie

Notes: This corrie is the next in sequence to the north-east, a little distance from Coire Glas on the slope below An Dubh-loch. It sits above Srath Maol Chaluim. The Ordnance Survey's name book of the 1870s states that this name means: Stream of the branch

W. J. Watson's notes:

Map name appears in: Sheet 1880 CII

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.4802,-5.7751

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