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Ainmean-àite mu Bhaile Raghnaill agus mun Bhaile Mhòr, Uibhi...

Date 29 July 1972
Track ID 83182
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

PN1972.033

Original Tape ID

PN1972.033

Summary

Place names of Balranald and Balemore, North Uist.

The contributor discusses the place names of Balranald and Balemore in North Uist, adding to those not on the area's OS map.

Included are enclosures, wells, sand dunes, hollows, hills, bridges, bays, ditches, forts, islands, fords, sheilings, reefs, a jetty, sands, a church, a cemetery, lochs, streams, boundaries etc.

Background information to some place names e.g. Cnoc a' Ghunna [the hill of the gun], where they placed a gun taken off a boat that was wrecked in the area, and Àirigh Nighean Ailein - a sheiling dating back to the time that Haisgeir was joined to Uist.

Mention of MacCodrum's birthplace and the draining of Loch Hàstain.

Item Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - North Uist

Island - North Uist

Language

Gaelic

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good