Ah, I see that Michael has now informed us that 'muir' means 'sea' in Gaelic. I do not know whether it follows that there could be a place name 'Lochmuir' meaning 'sea loch'; it sounds unlikely to me, but I shall of course bow to superior knowledge. Meanwhile, I am still inclined to the view that the inventors of the name had the Scots word meaning 'moor' (as in Stenhousemuir, Kirriemuir) in mind.
This post was last modified: 15-02-2012 05:37 PM by robin orton.