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Goirtean an Ùghdair

Goirtean an Ùghdair


Meaning

the enclosure of the author


Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NG645178


English / Map Form: Goirtean an Ùghdair

Gaelic Form: Goirtean an Ùghdair


Location: Broadford

Post Town: Isle of Skye

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Goirtean an Ùghdair

Gaelic Form: Goirtean an Ùghdair


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

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