English / Map Form: Faoilean
Gaelic Form: An Fhaoileann
Location: Broadford
Post Town: Isle of Skye
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Faoilean
Gaelic Form: An Fhaoileann
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
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:
“By Loch Slapin is Faoilean, or An Fhaoileann, meaning ‘the raised beach’. There are other instances of this place-name in other islands with similar landforms, such as Jura and Raasay.”
Gaelic in the Landscape: Place-names of Strath, Isle of Skye (Scottish Natural Heritage 2015): 13
Additional Information
