English / Map Form: Breun-Phort
Gaelic Form: Breun-Phort
Location: Breakish
Post Town: Isle of Skye
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Breun-Phort
Gaelic Form: Breun-Phort
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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:
“Within this area is A’ Chnuac, given to mean ‘the lump’, which is an overhanging rock behind Brainphort. Brainphort or Breun-Phort exists in other places, including Fort William, and means a ‘putrid port’, a smelly area of stale water.”
Gaelic in the Landscape: Place-names of Strath, Isle of Skye (Scottish Natural Heritage 2015): 44
This place-name is not found on any maps.
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