Benbecula
Beinn na Faoghla
Meaning
the hill of the sea ford
Location
Inverness-shire
Western Isles
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English / Map Form: Benbecula
Gaelic Form: Beinn na Faoghla
Location: Western Isles
Post Town: ISLE OF BENBECULA
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Western Isles
English / Map Form: Benbecula
Gaelic Form: Beinn na Faoghla
Language Notes
Sources
Benbecula is in Gaelic Beinn-a-mhaoil said to be for Beinn-nafaoghlach “The hill of the strand: MacKinnon
Beinnabhaoghla: MacDonald Collection of Gaelic Poetry, 1911, 303
Eilean Beinne faodhla: Am Fèillire, 80<
Beinn-bhaoghla,:Watson, Ròsg Gàidhlig 263
Brinnabhaodhla (B. nam faodhla), benˈjəwöLə (also -L).
Bhin-e Bhàghla [gen.]: Book of Clanranald 215
