Township: Heylipol

Map Reference: Heylipol 2

Name Type: watercourse

Meaning: Loch of the island

Other Forms: L. Hylebol - 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.

But note Castel Loch Hyrbol also on the same Blaeu map

Loch Heylipol - The Turnbull Map of Tiree 1768 and accompanying survey text.

Loch Inipul - Island Mull with Islands Tiri and Coll, M MacKenzie, 1775.

[see Castel Loch Hyrbol - Taigh an Eilein - Atlas Novus Joan Blaeu 1654 based on work by Timothy Pont who mapped Scotland between 1583 and 1596. From Illustrated Maps of Scotland Jeffrey Stone, Studio Editions, 1991.]

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Languages : Gaelic

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Informant 2: OS