Uamh Maolaig
Uamh Maolaig
Meaning
the cave of a little bald one
Location
Inverness-shire
Highland
NG669229
English / Map Form: Uamh Maolaig
Gaelic Form: Uamh Maolaig
Location: Breakish
Post Town: Isle of Skye
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Uamh Maolaig
Gaelic Form: Uamh Maolaig
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:
“It is said that a hermit used to live in Uamh Maolaig, a cave in Breakish. Maol is ‘bald’ in Gaelic, and the name possibly relates to a description of the hermit as ‘little bald one’.”
Gaelic in the Landscape: Place-names of Strath, Isle of Skye (Scottish Natural Heritage 2015): 16
This place-name is not found on any maps.
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