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Loch na Bèiste

Loch na Bèiste


Meaning

the loch of the beast


Water

Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NG756253


English / Map Form: Loch na Bèiste

Gaelic Form: Loch na Bèiste


Location: Kyleakin

Post Town: Isle of Skye

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Loch na Bèiste

Gaelic Form: Loch na Bèiste


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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:

“West of this is Loch na Bèiste, known locally by non-Gaelic speakers as ‘the loch of the beastie’. The details of the tradition associated with a monster, or beastie, seem to have been lost locally, but one wonders if nearby Sròn an Tairbh, ‘the nose of the bull’, relates to the dreaded tarbh-uisge or ‘water bull’ which is known elsewhere in folklore. The loch was used by the navy during World War Two because of its secluded location and later for surrendered German U-boats. At the mouth of the loch, below A’ Mhaodalach, is the wreck of the minelayer HMS Port Napier, which is visible from the mainland at low tide.”

Gaelic in the Landscape: Place-names of Strath, Isle of Skye (Scottish Natural Heritage 2015): 13

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