English / Map Form: Camasunary
Gaelic Form: Camas Fhionnairigh
Location: Broadford
Post Town: Isle of Skye
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Camasunary
Gaelic Form: Camas Fhionnairigh
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
Camus-fhionnaraidh: Campbell’s Collection of Gaelic Proverbs, 366
C. Fhionnaraigh: Watson in Seton Gordon papers
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:
“Camasunary or Camas Fhionnairigh is ‘the bay of the white sheiling’.”
Gaelic in the Landscape: Place-names of Strath, Isle of Skye (Scottish Natural Heritage 2015): 38
Additional Information
Abhainn Camas Fhionnairigh