Carraig an Eilein

Carraig an Eilein

Meaning

the fishing rock of the island

Coastal

Location

Inverness-shire

Western Isles

HS8

NF806114

English / Map Form: Carraig an Eilein

Gaelic Form: Carraig an Eilein

Post Town: ISLE OF SOUTH UIST

Postcode area: HS8

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Western Isles

Detailed Location: NF8065811412

English / Map Form: Carraig an Eilein

Gaelic Form: Carraig an Eilein

Sources

This name was collected as part of a local project in partnership with SNH and included in the publication ‘Gaelic in the Landscape, Place-names of Eriskay’ (2019: 26). The booklet is freely available as a hard copy through our website shop with a postage fee, or as a PDF download.

This place-name does not appear on any Ordnance Survey map.