Map Reference: Baugh 23
Name Type: sea
Meaning: The island of the sand eels
See Skyr na Veuillen in Longships on the Sand.
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Information:The map MVLA INSVLA in the Atlas of Scotland, Atlas Novus, by Joan Blaeu, 1654. These maps were largely based on work by Timothy Pont who mapped Scotland between 1583 and 1596. NLS, 123. Possibly given prominence on the map because of the importance of the stream An Fadhail (which was wider then) as a harbour - JH.
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Languages : GaelicInformants: OS
Informant 2: Blaeu Atlas 1654
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