English / Map Form: Robostan
Gaelic Form: An Ròbastan
Location: Strathaird
Post Town: Isle of Skye
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Robostan
Gaelic Form: An Ròbastan
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:
“Robastan is in Gaelic An Ròbastan or also Na Ròbastanaich. It is not clear if this name relates simply to the Gaelicised form of Robertson or if it reflects a name of Norse derivation.”
Gaelic in the Landscape: Place-names of Strath, Isle of Skye (Scottish Natural Heritage 2015): 38
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