Creag a' Chuir
hill or mountain · Highland · 643m
GaelicSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name refers to a rocky hill. It means 'the corrie of the throwing' or 'the corrie of the casting', with 'cur' meaning to throw or cast.
Word origins
- Creag
- GaelicAttestedrock, rocky hill, crag(from creag "rock")
- a' Chuir
- GaelicAttestedof the throwing(from a' "of the", cur "throwing, casting")