Turns and Bends
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names in and around our area The meandering course of our rivers, creating […]
Old Placenames
A look into the interesting history and meaning of placenames around the Kyle of Sutherland area.
Bonar and Creich
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names in and around our area The origins of the name of Creich
The land of the Norse settlers
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names in and around our area Some place names of Norse (Viking) origin
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Of old men and noses
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names in and around our area Scottish Gaelic place names often link geographical
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More than one ‘Amat’
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names in and around our area The name Amat (Amot 1561, Almet 1643)
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Sir Walter’s forest
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names around our area The vast hunting grounds of Freevater, west of Alladale,
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The northern tribes of Caledonia
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names around our area Caledonia, historical area of north Britain beyond Roman control,
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Animals
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names around our area Craggan a’Chait, ‘the little rock of the cat’, is
When the landscape has feelings
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names around our area A stream falling into the Einig, a tributary of
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Birds
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names around our area The origin of the place name Gledfield has different