Map Reference: Vaul 75
Name Type: shore
Meaning: The gully of the sawing
Other Forms: Sloc an t-Sàbhaidh - MMcK
An Sloc Sabhaidh - TMcK
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Information:"There was a saw mill in the old days, where they used to make wood for coffins. If my grandfather was coming home to Seaside after dark he would always go round the fields rather than go down there" - Lachlan MacKinnon, Parkhouse.
There was a strong boat-building tradition in Vaul in the second half of the nineteenth century.
Down at the shore, where the Pilot's cave is - TMcK Where the Burnies' house is today - MMcK.
Local Form:
Languages : GaelicInformants: Mairi MacKinnon, Parkhouse, 8/1995
Informant 2: Tommy MacKinnon, Vaul, 9/2017
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