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:

“Goirtean an Ùghdair, ‘the enclosure of the author’, is in Heaste and may be coined after a poet or author, possibly a shepherd who composed poetry. Originally however it could have been Goirtean an Fhùdair, ‘the enclosure of the powder’, which is pronounced the same and refers to where gunpowder was kept.”

Gaelic in the Landscape: Place-names of Strath, Isle of Skye (Scottish Natural Heritage 2015): 42

This place-name is not found on any maps.

Additional Information

Alternative form: Goirtean an Fhùdair, the enclosure of the powder

Alternative Forms