English / Map Form: Bridgend
Gaelic Form: Beul an Àtha
Location: Islay, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: ISLE OF ISLAY
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
English / Map Form: Bridgend
Gaelic Form: Beul an Àtha
Language Notes
G nom. sg. beul, masc. `mouth' + an, gen. sg. masc. def. art. + gen. sg. àth,masc. `ford'Element Meaning
G beul ~ mouth; àth ~ ford
Sources
| Bridgend Inn | 1868 Admiralty Chart 2515 |
| Beul an Ath | 1882 OS |
| Beul an Atha | Lands of Lordship |
| Beul an Atha | Seanchas Ile, 92 |
Additional Information
This name was gathered as part of a local research project on the place-names of Islay an Jura and was published in a booklet by NatureScot and AÀA.
Gaelic in the Landscape: Place-names of Islay and Jura (NatureScot 2011)