Geodha an t-Saighdeir
Geodha an t-Saighdeir
Meaning
the creek/cove of the soldier
Location
Inverness-shire
Highland
NG547144
English / Map Form: Geodha an t-Saighdeir
Gaelic Form: Geodha an t-Saighdeir
Location: Drinan
Post Town: Isle of Skye
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Geodha an t-Saighdeir
Gaelic Form: Geodha an t-Saighdeir
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:
“Further along at Drinan is Geodha an t-Saighdeir, ‘the creek or cove of the soldier’. In the nineteenth century a soldier, having been dropped off by boat on his return from war, fell to his death as he walked home along the cliff-tops.”
Gaelic in the Landscape: Place-names of Strath, Isle of Skye (Scottish Natural Heritage 2015): 13
This place-name is not found on any maps.
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