Applecross Placenames Project

Placename

Gaelic name: Allt Caoltraidh

Name in Original Source: Allt Coultrie

English meaning: Stream of the (loch of the) narrow place

Placename feature: Stream

Notes: Flows downhill, west-south-west from an issue on the Lochcarron side of the Glen Shieldaig road, so makes it into our list on a technicality. It may also be: Allt a' Chaoldoiridh, stream of the narrow hollow

W. J. Watson's notes: Watson 1996: 214 'Loch Caoltraidh, Loch of the narrow place, an extension of 'caol', narrow'.

Map name appears in: Sheet 1880 CIII

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.452265,-5.585475

Show on map: Click to view on google map

Audio: Click to hear placename audio

Image: