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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
HEAST Heast
Heast
Heast
Rev. [Reverend] D. McKinnon
Mr. A. McKinnon
Mr. Macpherson
046; 051 This name is applied to a small district comprising several small farms or crofts all the houses are one storey high thatched and in bad repair, it is situated about four miles to the S.W. [South West] of Broadford, and is the propt. [property] of Lord McDonald.
ALLT NA HEAST Allt na Heast Rev. [Reverend] D. McKinnon
Mr. A. McKinnon
Mr. Macpherson
046; 051 The meaning of this word is obscure and is applied to a small stream having its source in Loch na Staraich and runs in a Southerly direction through Heaste to Loch Easaird. Propt. [Property] of Lord McDonald.

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County of Inverness -- (Isle of Skye) -- Sheet 46 -- Parish of Strath

[Note] Heast
Probably Norse.
Perhaps from Hoestr, uppermost:
Harrabol = hoerriból " upper town"
is about 2 miles north of it.

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