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Heaste

Heasta


Meaning

?horse farm


Settlement

Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NG641174


English / Map Form: Heaste

Gaelic Form: Heasta


Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides

Post Town: ISLE OF SKYE

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

Nearest Main Roads: A87

English / Map Form: Heaste

Gaelic Form: Heasta


Genitive Form: Heast

Language Notes

Possibly containing ON hestr, masc. ‘horse’ as its first element.

Element Meaning

Possibly ON hestr ~ horse

Sources

Heast 1804 Heather
Heast 1820 Thomson
Heast / Allt na Heast 1882 OS 6 inch 1st edn.
Heast, Heasta, Heaste horse shaped isle. N hestr Forbes, 213
Heast(a? / Eilean Heast(a?) Robertson
[hest] local source, Sgianaidean
[hest] Cox, local source
Heasta local informant

Additional Information

With a lack of early forms, it is diffcult to offer a robust derivation for this name. The neighbouring burn is called Allt na Heast.

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