English / Map Form: Sconser
Gaelic Form: Sgonnsar
Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: ISLE OF SKYE
Postcode area: IV48
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A87
English / Map Form: Sconser
Gaelic Form: Sgonnsar
Sources
Scosa | 1644 Pont text 141r |
Scosa | 1654 Blaeu Map (Skye) |
Sconser | 1776 Mackenzie: South part |
Sgonnsar | Dwelly 1912 |
Sconsar, Scousar: not known | Forbes, 316 |
[skusəðʲ] | local source, Sgianaidean |
Additional Information
This is an obscure name. There seems to be no grounds for the generally given Gaelic orthography Sgonnsar in current pronunciation which is closer to the earlier forms of this name.
Applied to: Sconser West ~ Sgusair an Iar (NG514318); Sconser East ~ Sgusair an Ear (NG514318)