Stob Coire an Laoigh
hill or mountain · Highland · 1117m
Munro
GaelicSurmised
Probable4 sources · historical forms · name elements
This name refers to a pointed peak (stob) above a corrie (coire) associated with a calf (an laoigh). It likely describes a place where calves were kept or found.
Word origins
- Stob
- GaelicAttestedpointed peak(from stob "stake, post, pointed peak")
- Coire
- GaelicAttestedcorrie(from coire "cauldron, corrie")
- an Laoigh
- Gaelicof the calf(from an laogh "the calf")
Historical forms
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