Applecross Placenames Project

Placename

Gaelic name: Màs Àird Heisleag

Name in Original Source: Màs Àird Heisleag

English meaning: Buttock of Àird Heisleag

Placename feature: Promontory

Notes: This is a large rocky headland north of the township of Àird Heslaig which acts almost like a guardian of the entrance to Loch Shieldaig and Upper Loch torridon

W. J. Watson's notes: 207: Sròn a' Mhàis - Point of the buttock; màs Airdheisleag and màs Diabaig or màs na h-Araird opposite it, two great ice-smoothed and rounded rocky promontories, are known as An dà mhàs, the two buttocks

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Feature Co-ordinates: 57.553265,-5.706577

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