Applecross Placenames Project

Placename

Gaelic name: Bo' Thoghsgaig

Name in Original Source: Bo' Thoghsaig

English meaning: Toscaig reef

Placename feature: Sunken rock

Notes: Not recorded on any map as anything other than a beacon. This name was in use by some locals, although others knew it as cfAm Bo' Dubh (pronounced 'bow', just as a child would pronounce the noise a dog makes!)

W. J. Watson's notes:

Map name appears in: Local tradition

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.3588,-5.831

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