Placename
Gaelic name: Briost, Am
Name in Original Source: Briost, Am
English meaning: The sea wall
Placename feature: Man-made feature
Notes: The retaining wall in front of the houses on the shore of the township of An Àird Dhubh are protected by Am Briost. The word is Scots meaning breastworks on a harbour, etc., whereas the wall around the township would be a gàrradh. The Scots National Dictionary relates that briost means 'the cobbled slipway forming teh front of a harbour'.
W. J. Watson's notes:
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Feature Co-ordinates: 57.400513,-5.81905
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