Context
According to the [simple_tooltip content='OS Name Books, Inverness-shire Ordnance Survey Name Books, 1876-1878. ScotlandsPlaces <https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital-volumes/ordnance-survey-name-books/inverness-shire-os-name-books-1876-1878>.']OS Name Books (OS1/18/6/157)[/simple_tooltip]: ‘This name applies to a small fresh water loch, situated about 14 chains north west from Balranald House, the property of Sir J. P. Orde Bart [Baronet] Auchnaba House Loch Gilphead. Signification “Loch of the burying place”. It lies ca. 1km from Kilmuir.
See Kilmuir for the full discussion of this place-name.
- Grid reference: NF717698
Meaning
[simple_tooltip content='Scottish Gaelic']G[/simple_tooltip] loch ‘a loch’ + [simple_tooltip content='Scottish Gaelic']G[/simple_tooltip] cill ‘a church, chapel, churchyard, burial ground, hermit’s cell’
(The Loch of the Church)
Early forms
[simple_tooltip content='Six-inch 1st edition Ordnance Survey Maps of Scotland, 1843-1882 <https://maps.nls.uk/os/6inch/index.html>.']OS 6-inch[/simple_tooltip] Loch na Cille
