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Loch nam Madadh-uisge

Loch nam Madadh-uisge


Meaning

the loch of the otters


Water

Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NG568272


English / Map Form: Loch nam Madadh-uisge

Gaelic Form: Loch nam Madadh-uisge


Location: Luib

Post Town: Isle of Skye

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Loch nam Madadh-uisge

Gaelic Form: Loch nam Madadh-uisge


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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:

“Loch nam Madadh Uisge, in Luib, was recorded by the Reverend Charles M. Robertson (a Gaelic scholar and placename collector who lived on Skye for some time) as meaning ‘the loch of the fresh-water mussels’. However, the habitat around the loch is extremely boggy, so this seems unlikely. Alternatively, if one looks to Wester Ross and Lewis, one finds that madadh uisge means ‘otter’. This may be linked to a local tradition which told children of a loch monster to warn them against going near its boggy edge.”

Gaelic in the Landscape: Place-names of Strath, Isle of Skye (Scottish Natural Heritage 2015): 24

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