Placename
Gaelic name: Meall na h-Uaidne
Name in Original Source: Meall na h-Uaidne
English meaning: Lump of the bier(?)
Placename feature: Hill
Notes: On the 1905 second edition of this map, the name is given as Meall na Fhuaid. See also The Stob (q.v.)<br /><br /><br /><br />The Ordnance Survey name book of the 1870s gives this name as meaning: Hill of the plough still.
W. J. Watson's notes: 213: Fuaid, or an Fhuaid (O.S.M. Meall na h-uaidne) - 'Fuat' appears in the Leccan glossary as 'bier'. There is a Sliabh Fuait in Ireland. At its foot, not far from the path is Uamh an rìgh, the king's cave.
Map name appears in: OS Sheet 1880 XCI
Feature Co-ordinates: 57.489104,-5.778505
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