English / Map Form: Abhainn Ashik
Gaelic Form: Abhainn Aisig
Location: Breakish
Post Town: Isle of Skye
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Abhainn Ashik
Gaelic Form: Abhainn Aisig
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This name was gathered as part of a local research project on the place-names of Strath, Isle of Skye and was published in a booklet by SNH and AÀA. The Following quote appears in that booklet:
“Nearby are two rivers, Abhainn Aisig and Abhainn Lusa, although these rivers (aibhnichean) are hardly longer than the nearby burns (uillt).”
Gaelic in the Landscape: Place-names of Strath, Isle of Skye (Scottish Natural Heritage 2015): 24
Please see Aisig for additional information
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