Sources

This name was gathered as part of a local research project on the place-names of Colonsay and Oronsay and was published in a booklet by SNH and AÀA. The Following quote appears in that booklet:

“According to tradition there was a battle in this location between the islanders and Viking raiders, and burial sites have apparently been found here. On the other side of Ardskenish is A’ Phlaide Mhòr ‘the big blanket’ a vast expanse of flat rock which is revealed at low tide.”

Gaelic in the Landscape: Place-names of Colonsay and Oronsay (Scottish Natural Heritage 2017): 23