Placename
Gaelic name: Bield
Name in Original Source: Bield
English meaning: Shelter, sheltered spot
Placename feature: Agricultural feature
Notes: This name appears on an Applecross Estate map of c.1810. It is in what is marked on the map as a forested area between the shoreline south of the Cairidh and the fields of Sardal. Bield is an Old English word; as a noun it means a shelter or refuge, and as a verb it is the act of taking shelter. The noun is used in Chapter 24 of Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped.
W. J. Watson's notes:
Map name appears in: Estate maps only
Feature Co-ordinates: 57.43534,-5.8093
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