Map Reference: Hynish 29
Name Type: shore
Meaning: See Cléit in Longships on the Sand.
Other Forms: Cléit Mhòr - OS
Cleite Mòr - AHMcD
Related Places:
Information: One of three hills forming the seaward side of Happy Valley, there is some confusion over their naming. The OS (OSNB, 244) places Cleit Mhòr furthest away from the sea; Cleit Bheag in the middle; and Mòr Chleit at the shore. OSNB p244-5 gives the same, with the fort on Cleit Bheag.
Local Form:
Languages : Norse, GaelicInformants: Willie Lamont, Mannal, 9/1995
Informant 2: Alec Hector MacDonald, Hynish, 11/2015
Informant 3: OS
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