English / Map Form: Bealach Udal
Gaelic Form: Bealach Udal
Location: Kyleakin
Post Town: Isle of Skye
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Bealach Udal
Gaelic Form: Bealach Udal
Language Notes
Sources
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:
“Bealach Udal is ‘the pass of distress’, and is a path used for walking between Breakish and Kylerhea. It probably gained its name because it is very steep and difficult to climb.”
Gaelic in the Landscape: Place-names of Strath, Isle of Skye (Scottish Natural Heritage 2015): 32
