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.
