Context
Baile nan Cailleach, or Nunton, now refers to the settlement associated with Cladh Mhuire. According to the [simple_tooltip content='OS Name Books, Inverness-shire Ordnance Survey Name Books, 1876-1878. ScotlandsPlaces <https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital-volumes/ordnance-survey-name-books/inverness-shire-os-name-books-1876-1878>.']OS Name Books (OS1/18/10/28)[/simple_tooltip]: ‘This name is applied to [a] farm house, two stories high with outstanding offices one [storey] high, all slated and in good repair Situated between the districts of Balivanich and Griminish, on the west side [of] Benbecula Isd Proprietor Capt. Gordon-’.
See Cladh Mhuire for the full discussion of this name.
- Grid reference: NF766535
Meaning
Baile nan Cailleach: [simple_tooltip content='Scottish Gaelic']G[/simple_tooltip] baile ‘a town, settlement’ + [simple_tooltip content='Scottish Gaelic']G[/simple_tooltip] cailleach ‘an old lady, woman (nun)’
Nunton: [simple_tooltip content='Scots']Sc[/simple_tooltip] nun + [simple_tooltip content='Scots']Sc[/simple_tooltip] toun ‘a town’
(‘The Nuns’ Settlement’)
Early forms
[simple_tooltip content='GD305/1/96/204 (Charter by King Charles I under the Great Seal confirming a Charter by Mary MacLean, Prioress of Iona) AD 1573 in MacDonald, J.C. 2010. ‘Iona’s Local Associations in Argyll and the Isles, c1203-c1575’ (PhD Thesis, University of Glasgow).']1573[/simple_tooltip] Ballienamgalleath
[simple_tooltip content='GD112/5/10 in MacDonald, J.C. 2010. ‘Iona’s Local Associations in Argyll and the Isles, c1203-c1575’ (PhD Thesis, University of Glasgow).']1574[/simple_tooltip] Baillienangalleach
[simple_tooltip content='Blaeu, J. 1654. ‘Atlas of Scotland’ (NLS National Library of Scotland) <https://maps.nls.uk/atlas/blaeu/graphic_index_west.html>.']1654 Blaeu[/simple_tooltip] Ballinnagallach
[simple_tooltip content='Martin, M. 1703. A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland (London).']1703 Martin[/simple_tooltip] Bael-nin-Killach
[simple_tooltip content='Moll, H. 1708. ‘The North Part of Great Britain’ (NLS National Library of Scotland) <https://maps.nls.uk/view/00001387>.']1708 Moll[/simple_tooltip] Nustown
[simple_tooltip content='Mount, J. & Page, T. 1715. ‘A new chart of the sea coast of Scotland with the islands thereof’ (NLS National Library of Scotland) <https://maps.nls.uk/coasts/chart/189>.']1715 Mount & Page[/simple_tooltip] Nustown
[simple_tooltip content='Moll, H. 1726. ‘The North Part of Great Britain called Scotland’ (NLS National Library of Scotland) <https://maps.nls.uk/scotland/rec/162>.']1726 Moll[/simple_tooltip] Nustown
[simple_tooltip content='Ainslie, J. 1789. ‘Scotland, Drawn from a Series of Angles and Astronomical Observations’ (NLS National Library of Scotland) <https://maps.nls.uk/joins/807.html>.']1789 Ainslie[/simple_tooltip] Balinincailach
[simple_tooltip content='Campbell, R. 1790. ‘A new and correct map of Scotland or North Britain, with all the posts and military roads.’ (NLS National Library of Scotland) <https://maps.nls.uk/joins/723.html>.']1790 Campbell[/simple_tooltip] Balinincailach
[simple_tooltip content='Huddart, J. 1794. ‘A New Chart of the West Coast of Scotland from the Point of Ardnamurchan to Cape Wrath’ (NLS National Library of Scotland) <https://maps.nls.uk/coasts/chart/827>.']1794 Huddart[/simple_tooltip] Balinincailach
[simple_tooltip content='Arrowsmith, A. 1807. ‘Map of Scotland Constructed from Original Materials’ (NLS National Library of Scotland) <https://maps.nls.uk/joins/747.html>.']1807 Arrowsmith[/simple_tooltip] Nunton
[simple_tooltip content='Thomson, J. 1832. ‘John Thomson’s Atlas of Scotland’ (NLS National Library of Scotland) <https://maps.nls.uk/atlas/thomson/494.html>.']1832 Thomson[/simple_tooltip] Nunton
[simple_tooltip content='Six-inch 1st edition Ordnance Survey Maps of Scotland, 1843-1882 <https://maps.nls.uk/os/6inch/index.html>.']OS 6-inch[/simple_tooltip] Nunton
