Context
Caibeal nan Sagairt refers to one of the structures found at Howmore, but according to [simple_tooltip content='Stell, G. 2014. ‘Castle Tioram and the MacDonalds of Clanranald: A Western Seaboard Castle in Context’, Oram (ed.), The Lordship of the Isles, 271-96.']Stell (2014, 294)[/simple_tooltip] it ‘is said to have been removed between 1855 and 1866’.
See Howmore for the full discussion of this place-name.
- Grid reference: NF758365
Meaning
[simple_tooltip content='Scottish Gaelic']G[/simple_tooltip] caibeal ‘a chapel’ + [simple_tooltip content='Scottish Gaelic']G[/simple_tooltip] sagart ‘priest’
(‘The Priests’ Chapel’)
Early forms
[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] Caibeal nan Sagairt (Ruins of)
