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Trumpan

Trumpan

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Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

IV55

NG225610


English / Map Form: Trumpan

Gaelic Form: Trumpan


Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides

Post Town: ISLE OF SKYE

Postcode area: IV55

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

Nearest Main Roads: B886

English / Map Form: Trumpan

Gaelic Form: Trumpan


Language Notes

obscure

Sources

Trumpan 1776 Mackenzie: North part
Tiumpan one sided hillock or farm Forbes, 135
[ˈt̪ʰrũ:mˌpan] local source, Sgianaidean
[ˈt̪ʰrũ:mˌpan] local source, Sòdhaigh
[ˈtʰrɔ̃ũmban] Cox, local source

Additional Information

This name is said to derive from tiompan, ‘hill’, but this is unlikely.

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