English / Map Form: Old Man of Storr
Gaelic Form: Bodach an Stòir
Location: Portree
Post Town: PORTREE
Postcode area: IV51
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Old Man of Storr
Gaelic Form: Bodach an Stòir
Sources
It has received various names, some one or more at anyrate familiar to the natives and other inhabitants of Skye; some of the “modern” names are “The Old Man,” a palpable corruption of alt mam; the old woman, the begging dog, the castle. In Gaelic “Fiacail Storach” has been heard used, the buck-tooth! also “Bodach a Stoir,” the old man.: Forbes, Place-names of Skye, 412
Additional Information
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