Tobar Iain MhicDhòmhnaill
Tobar Iain MhicDhòmhnaill
Meaning
John Macdonald’s well
Location
Inverness-shire
Highland
NG535144
English / Map Form: Tobar Iain MhicDhòmhnaill
Gaelic Form: Tobar Iain MhicDhòmhnaill
Location: Elgol
Post Town: Isle of Skye
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Tobar Iain MhicDhòmhnaill
Gaelic Form: Tobar Iain MhicDhòmhnaill
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:
“The people to whom Tobar Theàrlaig Mhòir, ‘Big Charlie’s well’, Tobar Muinntir Dhòmhnaill Ruaidh, ‘the well of Red Donald’s people’ or Tobar Iain Mhic Dhòmhnaill, ‘John MacDonald’s well’, each refer are unknown.”
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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