Sgeir a’ Chaisteil

Sgeir a’ Chaisteil

Meaning

the skerry of the castle

Coastal

Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NG759264

English / Map Form: Sgeir a’ Chaisteil

Gaelic Form: Sgeir a’ Chaisteil

Location: Kyleakin

Post Town: Isle of Skye

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Sgeir a’ Chaisteil

Gaelic Form: Sgeir a’ Chaisteil

Language Notes

 

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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:

“Sgeir a’ Chaisteil, ‘the skerry of the castle’, lies below Caisteal Maol, ‘bald castle’.”

Gaelic in the Landscape: Place-names of Strath, Isle of Skye (Scottish Natural Heritage 2015): 30

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