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Gleann Laoigh at Ach a' Mhadaidh

Sketch map of the Cairngorms showing Gleann Laoigh at Ach a' Mhadaidh

  • Laoigh - means calf-one
  • Cnoc na Teididh - means knoll of the wild fire
  • An Caochan Beith - means the birch streamlet
  • Dail Gainimh - means haugh of sand
  • Dail Rosaigh - means haugh of wooded place
  • Ach a' Mhadaidh - means field of the wolf
  • Bad an t-Suidhe - means clump of the level shelf
  • Clais Fhearnaig - means hollow of the alder place
  • Allt a' Mhadaidh-allaidh (farm and burn) - means burn of the wolf
  • Ruighe an t-Sìdhein - means shiel of the fairy hillock, a reference to the two conical moraines named Na Da Shìdhean - meaning the fairy hillocks