Map Reference: Craignish 31
Name Type: shore
Meaning: C 1 NGR NL921458 [?tõ:n ?st??l' ]
Tòn Stòil, Sandy MacKinnon (Sandaidh Ghobhainn), Kilkenneth, 11/1993 (oral source): + ScG tòn 'buttock, bottom' + stòl 'stool'
Hough | A fishing rock on the northwest tip of Craignish
The single informant derived this from the Gaelic as 'the bottom of the stool'. ScG tòn 'rump end' (Whyte 2017, 312) is certainly a common generic in Argyll: for example, Ton Tire on Mull and An Ton Loisgte in Kilchoman (SP). See Stòl
Other Forms:
Related Places: An Stol
Information: A fishing rock.
Local Form:
Languages : GaelicInformants: Sandy MacKinnon (Sandaidh MacKinnon), Kilkenneth, 11/1993
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