Sròn na Glaodhaich
Sròn na Glaodhaich
Meaning
the nose-shaped hill of the weeping
Location
Inverness-shire
Highland
NG543157
English / Map Form: Sròn na Glaodhaich
Gaelic Form: Sròn na Glaodhaich
Location: Drinan
Post Town: Isle of Skye
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Sròn na Glaodhaich
Gaelic Form: Sròn na Glaodhaich
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:
“At Drinan a well called Tobar na Sròine or Tobar Sròn na Glaodhaich was used when locals would cut peat. It is next to Sròn na Glaodhaich, ‘the nose-shaped hill of weeping’, on Ben Meabost.”
Gaelic in the Landscape: Place-names of Strath, Isle of Skye (Scottish Natural Heritage 2015): 48
This place-name is not found on any maps.
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