Croick, Croich and antlers

Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history 
and origins of place names in and around our area

Croick in Strathcarron is widely accepted as deriving from the Gaelic phrase A' Chròic, which translates to 'a branching or side glen'. William Watson states that gillean na cròic occurs in a Strathcarron song. . .