Township: Scarinish

Map Reference: Scarinish 13

Name Type: hill

Meaning:

Other Forms: Ben Gott - The Turnbull Map of Tiree 1768 and accompanying survey text.

Beinn Ghott - ONB p158

Related Places:

Information:The radar buildings on Ben Gott and Balephetrish were built 1955-8. They were obsolete before they were built. They never even glazed the windows. Mairi MacKinnon, Parkhouse, 8/2004.

The Ben Gott radar station was built to monitor the ‘Blue Streak’ rockets fired from Benbecula but the range was moved to Woomera in South Australia soon after and they never saw active service. Sergeant Neil Owen, Oban, 10/2004.

Called Gott although now in Scarinish. This implies the boundaries have changed - JH.

Local Form:

Languages : Norse, Gaelic

Informants: OS

Informant 2: multiple

Informant 3: The Turnbull Map of Tiree 1768 and accompanying survey text.