Neist Point

Gob na h-Èist

Meaning

the point of the horse

Coastal

Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

IV55

NG129468

English / Map Form: Neist Point

Gaelic Form: Gob na h-Èist

Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides

Post Town: ISLE OF SKYE

Postcode area: IV55

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Neist Point

Gaelic Form: Gob na h-Èist

Genitive Form: Gob na h-Èist

Sources

Niest 1776 Mackenzie: North part
Niest 1804 Heather
Eist 1881 OS 6inch 1st edn.
An d-Eiste Robertson Collection MS375 no. 52
Rudha Neist, An Eist, na Feiste Forbes p.309
Eist Henderson 1910, 188
Gob na h-Éist Iain Mac an Tàilleir (pers.comm.)
(An) Eist Sorley MacLean’s ‘An Cuilitheann’

Additional Information

Forbes implies the meaning is unclear. The form Neist suggests the form is feminine, from An Eist.