Map Reference: Heanish 62
Name Type: shore
Meaning: This may be Norse. There are two examples of Trølla and one of Rølen In Norway (NG). There is a Dun an Raoil on Jura and a Loch chic Raoil Mhoir on South Uist (SP), which may derive from the personal name Raghnall (Cox 2002b,22).
Other Forms: Port an t-Sraoil - MMcK
Port an t-Sraoib - NJ
Related Places:
Information: In front of the hospital. Pronounced "tryle" - MMcK.
Pronounced 'tribe' - NJ.
Local Form:
Languages : GaelicInformants: Margaret MacKinnon, Heanish, 5/1996
Informant 2: Neil Johnston, Heanish, 5/1994
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