Map Reference: Kilmoluaig 1
Name Type: machair
Meaning: See Carachan in Longships on the Sand.
Other Forms: Carachan - ONB p70, "applies to three small houses quite close to Cnoc Charachan and [takes] the name from the wild liquorice root abounding in the neighbourhood."
Related Places: Carrachan is quite a common name on the western seaboard, for example on Crown Island, off Applecross (OS1/28/47/94)
Information:Named because the potatoes grown here were rough (Gaelic carrach) - Hugh MacLeod, Cornaig, 8/1994.
Local Form:
Languages : ObscureInformants: OS
Informant 2: multiple, particularly attached to personal name - i.e. Niall Charachain
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