Township: Heanish

Map Reference: Heanish 14

Name Type: shore

Meaning: Promontory of the rock of the promontory

Other Forms: See Clach na h-Aoidh

Aoidh is a Gaelic loan word from the Old Norser eið 'promontory' (Cox R 2002, The Gaelic Place-Names of Carloway, p 169)

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Languages : Gaelic

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