Uamh Mairearad Rois
Uamh Mairearad Rois
Meaning
Margaret Ross’s cave
Location
Inverness-shire
Highland
NG516147
English / Map Form: Uamh Mairearad Rois
Gaelic Form: Uamh Mairearad Rois
Location: Elgol
Post Town: Isle of Skye
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Uamh Mairearad Rois
Gaelic Form: Uamh Mairearad Rois
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:
“Just below Rubha Smuaireig is a cave known as Uamh Mairearad Rois, ‘Margaret Ross’s cave’.”
Gaelic in the Landscape: Place-names of Strath, Isle of Skye (Scottish Natural Heritage 2015): 8
This place-name is not found on any maps.
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