English / Map Form: Drumfearn
Gaelic Form: An Druim Fheàrna
Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: ISLE OF SKYE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A851
English / Map Form: Drumfearn
Gaelic Form: An Druim Fheàrna
Language Notes
G nom. sg. masc. def. art. an + nom. sg. druim, masc. ‘ridge’ + lenited. gen. pl of feàrna, fem. ‘alder’ = ‘the ridge of alders’Element Meaning
G druim ~ ridge; feàrna ~ alder
Sources
| Drumfern | 1820 Thomson |
| Drumfearn, An Druim-Fhearna. Alder ridge | Forbes, 368 |
| Drumfearn / Druim Fhearna | current OS maps |
| An Druim Fheàrna | local source, Sgianaidean |