Ainmean-àite mu Bhaile Raghnaill agus mun Bhaile Mhòr, Uibhi...
Track Information
Original Track ID
PN1972.033
Original Tape ID
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
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good