English / Map Form: Scamodale
Gaelic Form: Sgamadal
Location: Lochailort
Post Town: Glenfinnan
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Scamodale
Gaelic Form: Sgamadal
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This name was gathered as part of a local research project on the place-names of the Rough Bounds of Lochaber and was published in a booklet by SNH and AÀA. The Following quote appears in that booklet:
“Scamodale or Sgamadal is the other Norse name and sits opposite Glen Alladale. There are a number of places with this name, one nearby by Loch Morar, two on Skye, one in Lorn and one in Shetland. It may derive from Old Norse skam, ‘short’, thus meaning ‘short valley’.”
Gaelic in the Landscape: The Rough Bounds of Lochaber (Scottish Natural Heritage 2013): 18
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