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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Drumbeg
Subject
The topic of the resource
Drumbeg and surroundings
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Meall Dearg (Culkein Drumbeg)
Description
An account of the resource
Red rounded hill
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Gemma Smith https://www.assyntplacenames.net/files/original/77cefce9217ac9797436b680d1a984da.pdf pg 32
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Clashnessie
Subject
The topic of the resource
Clashnessie and surroundings
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Druim nan Clach Mòra
Description
An account of the resource
Ridge of the big stones
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Gemma Smith https://www.assyntplacenames.net/files/original/77cefce9217ac9797436b680d1a984da.pdf pg 31
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Alltan na Bradhan
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Creag Liath (Alltan’abradan)
Description
An account of the resource
Grey crag
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Gemma Smith https://www.assyntplacenames.net/files/original/77cefce9217ac9797436b680d1a984da.pdf pg 31
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Clashnessie
Subject
The topic of the resource
Clashnessie and surroundings
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Creag Liath (Clachnessie)
Description
An account of the resource
Grey crag
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Gemma Smith https://www.assyntplacenames.net/files/original/77cefce9217ac9797436b680d1a984da.pdf pg 31
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Elphin
Subject
The topic of the resource
Elphin and surroundings
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Am Pollan
Description
An account of the resource
The wee pool
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Gemma Smith https://www.assyntplacenames.net/files/original/77cefce9217ac9797436b680d1a984da.pdf pg 31
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Elphin
Subject
The topic of the resource
Elphin and surroundings
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Cnoc Liath
Description
An account of the resource
Grey hill
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Gemma Smith https://www.assyntplacenames.net/files/original/77cefce9217ac9797436b680d1a984da.pdf pg 31
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Inchnadamph
Subject
The topic of the resource
Inchnadamp and surroundings
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Beinn an Fhuarain
Description
An account of the resource
Mountain of the spring
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Gemma Smith https://www.assyntplacenames.net/files/original/77cefce9217ac9797436b680d1a984da.pdf pg 31
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Elphin
Subject
The topic of the resource
Elphin and surroundings
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Tobar an Glaise
Description
An account of the resource
The well of the lock
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Gemma Smith https://www.assyntplacenames.net/files/original/77cefce9217ac9797436b680d1a984da.pdf pg 30
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
https://maps.nls.uk/view/228779962
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Elphin
Subject
The topic of the resource
Elphin and surroundings
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Tobar an Tuirc
Description
An account of the resource
The well of the boar
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Gemma Smith https://www.assyntplacenames.net/files/original/77cefce9217ac9797436b680d1a984da.pdf pg 30
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
See https://maps.nls.uk/view/228779962
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Inchnadamph
Subject
The topic of the resource
Inchnadamp and surroundings
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Uamh an Tartair (Traligill)
Description
An account of the resource
Cave of roaring
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Gemma Smith https://www.assyntplacenames.net/files/original/77cefce9217ac9797436b680d1a984da.pdf pg 30
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Elphin
Subject
The topic of the resource
Elphin and surroundings
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Uamh an Tartair (Elphin)
Description
An account of the resource
Cave of roaring
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Gemma Smith https://www.assyntplacenames.net/files/original/77cefce9217ac9797436b680d1a984da.pdf pg 30
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Elphin
Subject
The topic of the resource
Elphin and surroundings
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Toll Dubh an Uisge
Description
An account of the resource
Black hole of water
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Gemma Smith https://www.assyntplacenames.net/files/original/77cefce9217ac9797436b680d1a984da.pdf pg 30
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Elphin
Subject
The topic of the resource
Elphin and surroundings
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Fuaran a’ Ghlinne
Description
An account of the resource
Spring of the Glen
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Gemma Smith https://www.assyntplacenames.net/files/original/77cefce9217ac9797436b680d1a984da.pdf pg 30
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Elphin
Subject
The topic of the resource
Elphin and surroundings
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Elphin
Description
An account of the resource
Gemma Smith: "The Gaelic spelling is Ailbhinn, which Watson translates as ‘rock-peak’, taking the specific element to be beinn, ‘mountain’ given the stress on the second syllable. The possibility remains of ail fionn, ‘white rock’, or even aoil fionn, ‘white lime(stone)’, in reference the underlying geology that renders the area’s grasses so lush and so very green – the Elphin in Co. Roscommon is in Irish, Ail Finn.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Gemma Smith https://www.assyntplacenames.net/files/original/77cefce9217ac9797436b680d1a984da.pdf pg 30
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Elphin
Subject
The topic of the resource
Elphin and surroundings
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Knockan
Description
An account of the resource
Literally just "hillock, wee hill’", but Gemma Smith's research suggests it was originally Càthair a’ Chnocain, "the seat of Knockan."
Not be confused with Knockan Crags
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Gemma Smith https://www.assyntplacenames.net/files/original/77cefce9217ac9797436b680d1a984da.pdf pg 30
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Elphin
Subject
The topic of the resource
Elphin and surroundings
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Abhainn a’ Chnocain
Description
An account of the resource
River of Knockan’
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Gemma Smith, https://www.assyntplacenames.net/files/original/77cefce9217ac9797436b680d1a984da.pdf pg 30
Gemma Smith
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https://www.assyntplacenames.net/files/original/77cefce9217ac9797436b680d1a984da.pdf
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Gemma Smith
Subject
The topic of the resource
The place names research of Gemma Smith
Description
An account of the resource
Gemma Smith, researcher at the University of Galsgow
Text
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
‘A rickle of stones. A name on a map’:
The Place-names of Assynt
by Gemma Smith
Subject
The topic of the resource
A complete research project on the place names of Assynt, by Gemma Smith
Description
An account of the resource
By kind agreement with the Assynt Field Club Committee, who gained funding through the Coigach and Assynt Landscape Partnership, as well as their own funds, Gemma's work is available on thiis site too.<br />See<a href="%20https://www.assyntwildlife.org.uk/2021/11/the-place-names-of-assynt/" title="Assynt Field Club"> https://www.assyntwildlife.org.uk/2021/11/the-place-names-of-assynt/</a> for original details
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Gemma Smith
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Inchnadamph
Subject
The topic of the resource
Inchnadamp and surroundings
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
River Traligill
Subject
The topic of the resource
This name was the subject of a Twitter discussion and a discussion among the Assynt Lives collective in March 2020. The name is taken locally as meaning Troll River, and the atmospherically emotive locality lends itself to this description. However, Troll in Old Norse, which we assume to be the origin, owing to the "-gil" suffix implying ravine, would be originally be "trǫll", while maps for the last 500 years have consistently used an A sound for the prefix - Tralli/Trally/Trali.
Twitter respondent @coigachassynt noted "Pont map calls it Trallyghyrr and Gordon map Tralligir. 1600s"
Prof Donna Heddle of Orkney's take was that it refers to "Serf's Ravine", from Old Norse: þræll - thrall, noting that a reference to Troll would be variants on "Trogil." Prof. Heddle specifically excludes the possibility of the meaning relating to Troll.
Description
An account of the resource
River of the Serf's Ravine
Frequently locally assumed to be "Troll River" or Troll ravine" but see Subject discussion notes
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Elphin
Subject
The topic of the resource
Elphin and surroundings
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Loch Urigill
Subject
The topic of the resource
This place name, excluding "loch" is of Norse origin. A lengthy discussion in March 2020 on Twitter and among the members of the loose Assynt Lives collective, generated much discussion, but Twitter respondent @markryansmith66 quoted John Stewart's "Shetland Place Names" as "Old Norse eyrr (sand or gravel beside water) and Gil as ON for ravine." This was later confirmed by Prof Donna Heddle whose take was "Gravelly Ravine". It is noteworthy that there does not appear to be a surviving place name of the actual ravine being named, but it is possible that Na Luirgean, the river draining Loch Urigill, and leading to the Ledbeg River, might suit.
We will obviously take Prof. Heddle's consideration as authoritative, but it's worth noting other suggestions arising from online discussions.
Another Twitter respondent, @spodzone, quoting "Scottish Gaelic Place Names" -Charles M Robertson - suggested 'An Iubhraigh" meaning "yew wood"' but the "-gil" suffix would suggest a greater likelihood of a Norse prefix.
Another correspondent, Roger Auger, Uist, wonders if Urigill stems from ON urða gil rather than ON eyrar gil or ON eyra gil. ON urð, says Roger, has in the plural a meaning 'fallen rock piled at the foot of a cliff' and that combined with the ravine giving 'ravine of the fallen rock piled at the foot of a cliff' would look good, he suggests, for the waterfall area just downstream from the loch. ON urða is the genitive plural - the requisite case here. Roger further notes there are nine Urðargill and two Eyrargil in Iceland.
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This has been a good example of the types of discussion that place names generate.
Description
An account of the resource
Loch of the gravelly ravine
See Subject notes
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Loch Assynt
Subject
The topic of the resource
Loch Assynt and surroundings
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Eilean Dubh
Description
An account of the resource
Black Island
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Loch Assynt
Subject
The topic of the resource
Loch Assynt and surroundings
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Eilean Assynt
Description
An account of the resource
Assynt Island - but note mixed Gaelic and English - expected to be Eilean Asainte or Assynt Island
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Loch Assynt
Subject
The topic of the resource
Loch Assynt and surroundings
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Cnoc a' Bhainne (frequent name)
Description
An account of the resource
Hill of the milk
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Lochinver
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lochinver and surroundings
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Meall nan Gearran
Description
An account of the resource
Rounded hill of the hares
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Lochinver
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lochinver and surroundings
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Torr nan Cnothan
Description
An account of the resource
Hill of the hazel nuts
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Lochinver
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lochinver and surroundings
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Cnoc an Tolla Bhaid
Description
An account of the resource
Hill of the hole of the thicket