Cruach Clenamacrie
hill or mountain · Argyll and Bute · 273m
GaelicAI-generated
This name means 'hill of the flat or broad place'. 'Cruach' is hill, and 'clèireach' can mean clerical or bare/bald, but in this context, it's more likely related to 'clèith' (a stake or pole) or possibly a derivative of 'clàr' (board, flat place).
Word origins
- Cruach
- GaelicHill, stack(from cruach "stack, heap, hill")
- Clenamacrie
- GaelicPossibly 'broad place' or 'bare place'(from clàr "board, flat place", mac "son of", creag "rock")