Placename
Gaelic name: Cràiceach, An
Name in Original Source: An Cràiceach
English meaning: Sea-weed cast loch
Placename feature: Sea loch
Notes: In Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, LIII, John Ferguson has recorded A Chròic on Berneray as a place where cast seaweed is naturally trapped
W. J. Watson's notes: 207: Loch Cràiceach, or Loch a' Chràicich (O.S.M., Loch Creagach) - 'Cràiceach' or 'cròiceach' means (1) rising into foam; (2) full of cast seaweed (H.S.D.); and the latter meaning suits very well here. At the head of the loch is An Cràiceach, the place where the sea-weed collects.
Map name appears in: OS 1905 Sheet LXXX
Feature Co-ordinates: 57.542439,-5.741648
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