English / Map Form: Harlosh
Gaelic Form: Heàrrlois
Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: ISLE OF SKYE
Postcode area: IV
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A863
English / Map Form: Harlosh
Gaelic Form: Heàrrlois
Sources
Haerloish | 1644 Pont text 141v |
I. Harlosh | 1776 Mackenzie: North part |
Loch Harlosh | 1804 Heather |
Harlosh, Norse hafra, buck | Forbes, 212 |
Hearlais | Robertson |
[‘hɛ:ʴɭəʃ] | Cox, local source |
Additional Information
An obscure name. B. Gordon 1964, 87 discusses the possibility of this name having the same derivation of Earlish, above.