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Gaelic name: Tausabhaig

Name in Original Source: Tausabhaig

English meaning: Skull bay

Placename feature: Bay

Notes: This is the bay at the mouth of cfAllt Tausabhaig. It is an open, west-facing bay a little to the south of cfSannda. Whether the etymology of the name relates to an act of savagery, to the shape of stones and rocks on the bay's shores, or another reason altogether, is open to question

W. J. Watson's notes: 205: Allt Tausamhaig (O.S.M. Allt sabhsach) - Norse 't-hausa-vík,' skull bay.

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Feature Co-ordinates: 57.463062,-5.862372

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