English / Map Form: Portskerra
Gaelic Form: Port Sgeara
Location: Sutherland, Highland
Post Town: THURSO
Postcode area: KW14
County: Sutherland
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Portskerra
Gaelic Form: Port Sgeara
Element Meaning
G port ~ harbour; sgeara ~ skerry
Sources
Portskerry c. 1591 Pont map 2v
Portskerry c. 1591 Pont map 2r
Port Sgeara: Seumas Grannd
“N., port, a gate, an opening, and sker, an isolated rock hidden at high tide, hence, port of the hidden rocks, gen. plu. of sker is skerja, G., port, a haven, sgeir, a rock in the sea, hence, port in the rocks.“ MacKay 1892, 207
