English / Map Form: Primrose Burn Waterfall
Gaelic Form: Eas Allt na Seòbhraig
Location: Rum, Small Isles, Highland
Post Town: ISLE OF RUM
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Primrose Burn Waterfall
Gaelic Form: Eas Allt na Seòbhraig
Language Notes
G nom. sg. allt, masc. ‘burn’ + gen. sg. fem. def. art. na + gen. sg. seòbhrag, fem. 'primrose'Element Meaning
G eas ~ waterfall; allt ~ burn, stream; seòbhrag ~ primrose
Sources
*Allt na Sòbhraig Morgan, 29 (assumed name)
In the absence of any old forms, a search for parallels yields:
Creagan na’ Seòbhraichean from Wentworth, 597. (NG731690); Seobhraichean Loch Marabhat (NB404531); Leathad Sobhrag (NG532305); Allt Doire nan Sobhrachan (NM956076); Allt Peighinn Sobhraig / Peinsoraig (NG398632); Uamh Nan Seobhrach (cave in Coire Mulrooney according to websites).
Additional Information
RCAHMS mentions a Japanese garden here, perhaps explaining the existence of primroses.
