Ardintoul

Àird an t-Sabhail

Meaning

the promontory of the barn

Settlement

Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NG835242

English / Map Form: Ardintoul

Gaelic Form: Àird an t-Sabhail

Location: Wester Ross, Highland

Post Town: KYLE

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Ardintoul

Gaelic Form: Àird an t-Sabhail

Language Notes

G nom. sg. camas, masc. ‘bay’ + en Àird an t-Sabhail (G nom. sg. àird, fem. ‘promontory’+ gen. sg. masc. def. art. an (with t- before sibilants) + sabhal, masc. 'barn')

Element Meaning

G camas ~ bay; àird ~ promontory; sabhal ~ barn

Sources

Ardintoul 1820 Thomson
Aird an t’ Sabhail Bay 1859 Admiralty Chart 2676
Àird an t-Sabhail Dwelly 1912
Ard an t-Sabhail Robertson

Additional Information

Also applied to Artintoul Bay ~ Camas Àird an t-Sabhail

Camas seems to be used here for a broad bay such as this, though bàgh and òb are used nearby as well. Compare Camas Àird an t-Sabhail near Fiskavaig.