Placename - Carbost
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Placename - Carbost
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Toponymy
Description
Carbost (Gaelic: Càrrabost) at Loch Harport is the home of the Talisker distillery, but more importantly is a Norse place name on the Isle of Skye. The name is thought to mean Brushwood Farm or Copse Farm from ON kjarr 'copse, brushwood, fen or marsh' and bólstaðr 'farm'.
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Tom Horne
Source
Tom Horne
Publisher
Tom Horne
Date
04/10/2016
Contributor
Tom Horne
Rights
Tom Horne
Relation
http://www.gaelicplacenames.org/databasedetails.php?id=215
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jpg
Language
English
Type
StillImage
Identifier
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2370
Coverage
Viking Age, Medieval, Modern, Carbost, Loch Harport, Isle of Skye, Scotland
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