Gaelic & English

Coastal pinewood and granny pine, Ben Shieldaig Wester Ross Credit Phil Formby / WTML

The Scottish Rainforest Centre will operate in Gaelic whenever possible and will run Gaelic place name courses.

Coastal pinewood and granny pine, Ben Shieldaig Wester RossCredit Phil Formby / WTML
Coastal pinewood and granny pine, Ben Shieldaig, Wester Ross. Credit Phil Formby / WTML

Many of the woodland place names on the Ordinance Survey maps in Scotland are in Gaelic. Mountains, rivers, burns, stones; they are hundreds of years old and of cultural importance.

The Scottish Rainforest Education Centre = Ionad-foghlaim Coille-uisge na h-Alba

Rainforest = coille-uisge
Celtic rainforest = coille-uisge Cheilteach