2012

NF7811 : Eriskay: the football pitch

taken 13 years ago, near to Balla, Eriskay an Easgann & na Brugannan, Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scotland

Eriskay: the football pitch
Eriskay: the football pitch
Pictured on a horribly wet day - not surprising that nobody is playing!
English/Gaelic names in the Western Isles

In around 1999, the Ordnance Survey replaced English-language placenames in the Western Isles with Gaelic-language names. Some of the more prominent features (e.g. Isle of Barra; Stornoway; Sound of Harris) do have bilingual labels but, on the whole, villages, lochs, peaks etc. generally have the Gaelic names on the modern-day mapping.

Because the English versions have a tendency not to appear on the maps any more, I have decided to use them in my image titles and, as such, a translation will be readily available from the Gaelic labelling on the map.

(NB I have not translated some of the more minor loch and river names, where I have not easily found the English version.)


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Chris Downer   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 13 August, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 2 November, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NF 7855 1162 [10m precision]
WGS84: 57:4.9752N 7:18.4759W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NF 7881 1159
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