Placename
Gaelic name: Coire nan Àradh
Name in Original Source: Coire nam Fàradh
English meaning: Ladder corrie
Placename feature: Corrie
Notes: The old traditional route of the hill road into Applecross, with stone steps cut into the rock face. The 1880 edition of the map gives Coire nam Fàradh; the 1905 edition of Sheet CIX lists this name as Coire nan Àrr
W. J. Watson's notes: 214: Coire nan àradh ('dh' hardened to 'g') - O.S.M. Coire nam faràdh; ladder-corry. Through it there was once, before the Bealach road was formed, a ladder-like path ascending by tiers of steps in the rocky face
Map name appears in: Sheet 1880 CII, CIII, CIX-AHS, CX
Feature Co-ordinates: 57.424777,-5.674606
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