Placename
Gaelic name: Allt na h-Eirbhe
Name in Original Source: Allt na h-Eirigh
English meaning: Stream of the wall
Placename feature: Stream
Notes: On the OS 1880 Sheet XCI, this stream is named Allt na h-Airidhe Mòire (sic). Local fishermen used it as one of a pair of locators for a fishing mark where it enters the sea south of Cùaig (q.v.) It is possible that rather than the element àirigh, this name actually references the genitive form of the word eirbh, meaning a wall, a boundary. Another possibility is that it is Allt na h-Earba (stream of the roe deer).<br /><br /><br /><br />The fishing boat Isa took wood to the shoreline below this location in approximately 1971 so that a bridge could be built over this stream. A bridge is still visible from the road.
W. J. Watson's notes:
Map name appears in: OS 1905 Sheet XCI
Feature Co-ordinates: 57.539312,-5.850276
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