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Gaelic name: Òb na h-Acairseid

Name in Original Source: Òb na h-Acairseid

English meaning: Bay of the anchorage

Placename feature: Bay

Notes: A sheltered bay which faces south-east, tucked in behind the hills above the township of Àird Heisleag (q.v.)

W. J. Watson's notes: 208: Ob na h-acairseid - Bay of the anchorage; a narrow cleft in the eastern side of Ardheslaig.

Map name appears in: OS 1880, 1905 Sheet LXXX

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.543878,-5.7032

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