English / Map Form: An Dòrnaidh
Gaelic Form: An Dòrnaidh
Location: Heaste
Post Town: Isle of Skye
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: An Dòrnaidh
Gaelic Form: An Dòrnaidh
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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:
“The other skerry is called Clach Mhòr na Dòrnaidh, ‘the big stone of the Dornie’, after the area of Loch Eishort around Heaste called An Dòrnaidh, ‘the narrow channel’.”
Gaelic in the Landscape: Place-names of Strath, Isle of Skye (Scottish Natural Heritage 2015): 26
This place-name is not found on any maps.
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