Map Reference: Ardeas 57
Name Type: quarry
Meaning: The quarry of the skipper; or Donald the son of Farquhar
Other Forms: Cuaraidh an Sgiobair - AMcL, DK
Cuaraidh Dhòmhnaill Fhearchair - DK
Related Places:
Information: Where Dòmhnall Fhearchair, the father of Alasdair MacArthur, Roisegal quarried the stone for his house - AMcL.
On Tràigh Hoisnis. Roiseagal was built in 1905 by Iain Chailein and Calum Chailein MacDonald from Ferry House in Caolas, mainly from a seam of pink granite. Alasdair MacArthur, Roiseagal.
Local Form:
Languages : GaelicInformants: Angus MacLean, Scarinish, 5/1996
Informant 2: Donald Kennedy, Port Ban, 11/1996
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