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Beinn na Caillich

Beinn na Caillich


Upland

Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NG601233


English / Map Form: Beinn na Caillich

Gaelic Form: Beinn na Caillich


Location: Broadford

Post Town: Isle of Skye

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Beinn na Caillich

Gaelic Form: Beinn na Caillich


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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:

“In the centre of Strath, Beinn na Caillich, ‘the hill of the old lady’, is known as the last resting place of ‘Saucy Mary’. Saucy Mary was a Norwegian princess who wanted to be buried on the mountain so that the winds of Norway would blow over her. Her castle was said to be Caisteal Maol, in Kyleakin, the remains of which still stand today. Many places-names in the Hebrides containing the word cailleach have a traditional link with a Norwegian princess. Another story says a hag was being chased and jumped from Beinn na Caillich in Kyleakin onto Beinn na Caillich in Broadford, where she was caught and killed.”

Gaelic in the Landscape: Place-names of Strath, Isle of Skye (Scottish Natural Heritage 2015): 32

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