Township: Middleton

Map Reference: Middleton 13

Name Type: machair

Meaning: Sand dune of the smithy

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Information:
He remembers seeing charred stones there as a boy. On Middleton machair to the left of the track leading to the shore from the main road. It is no longer there. It used to be covered in muran although this is no longer there. It was a good place for shooting hares - HMcL.

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Languages : Gaelic

Informants: Hugh MacLean, Barrapol, 3/1994 and 2/1997