Sgeir a’ Chaisteil
Sgeir a’ Chaisteil
Meaning
the skerry of the castle
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
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:
“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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