Prince Charlie’s Cave
Uamh a’ Phrionnsa
Meaning
the prince’s cave
Location
Inverness-shire
Highland
NG516124
English / Map Form: Prince Charlie’s Cave
Gaelic Form: Uamh a’ Phrionnsa
Location: Elgol
Post Town: Isle of Skye
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Prince Charlie’s Cave
Gaelic Form: Uamh a’ Phrionnsa
Language Notes
Element Meaning
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:
“South of Elgol close to Prince Charlie’s Cave, or Uamh a’ Phrionnsa, is Port an Luig Mhòir, ‘the port of the big hollow’, which was at one time also known simply as An Lag Mòr, ‘the big hollow’. It is from here that Bonnie Prince Charlie (Charles Edward Stuart) was rowed to the mainland in 1746.”
Gaelic in the Landscape: Place-names of Strath, Isle of Skye (Scottish Natural Heritage 2015): 13
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