Placename
Gaelic name: Garbh-eilean, An
Name in Original Source: An Garbh eilean
English meaning: Rough island
Placename feature: Island
Notes: This is the name of the small island lying just off shore in Camas an Eilein (q.v.) Also called I Garivelin (MacKenzie's The north part of Sky Island and the adjacent main of Scotland, 1775)
W. J. Watson's notes: 207: Camas an eilein - Island bay; the island is An garbh eilean, the rough island, called in O.S.M. Eilean mòr. Further on is Glas sgeir, grey skerry
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Feature Co-ordinates: 57.5602,-5.7521
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