English / Map Form: Sròn an Tairbh
Gaelic Form: Sròn an Tairbh
Location: Kyleakin
Post Town: Isle of Skye
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Sròn an Tairbh
Gaelic Form: Sròn an Tairbh
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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:
“West of this is Loch na Bèiste, known locally by non-Gaelic speakers as ‘the loch of the beastie’. The details of the tradition associated with a monster, or beastie, seem to have been lost locally, but one wonders if nearby Sròn an Tairbh, ‘the nose of the bull’, relates to the dreaded tarbh-uisge or ‘water bull’ which is known elsewhere in folklore.”
Gaelic in the Landscape: Place-names of Strath, Isle of Skye (Scottish Natural Heritage 2015): 13
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