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Tobar Clach an Fhiodhaich

Tobar Clach an Fhiodhaich


Meaning

the well of the stone of the shrubs


Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NG519145


English / Map Form: Tobar Clach an Fhiodhaich

Gaelic Form: Tobar Clach an Fhiodhaich


Location: Elgol

Post Town: Isle of Skye

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Tobar Clach an Fhiodhaich

Gaelic Form: Tobar Clach an Fhiodhaich


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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:

“The nearby well is known as Tobar Clach an Fhiodhaich, ‘the well of Clach an Fhiodhaich’, which previously supplied water to a house in Elgol, nearly half a mile away.”

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

This place-name is not found on any maps.

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