Ardnagrask, Highland

Lane to Upper Ardnagrask

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In Gaelic Ardnagrask translates to 'Height of the Crossings'. In his book 'Place-names of Ross & Cromarty' p109 Watson tells us that the crossings referred to a system of land allocation called cross-rigs. This was to ensure that each crofter got some good and some not-so-good land to work.

Uploaded to Geograph by Stuart Logan on 4 June 2011

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