The Gaelic Place Names of Jura

The Gaelic Landscape of Jura: Place Names and Landscape Photography

Introduction

There are two ways to view all of Jura's landscape and place names as related to the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 scale map. One may select The Satellite Image Map of the Isle of Jura or use the original place name list described below. By moving your computer's cursor over The Satellite Image Map of Jura, every time the cursor passes over an area that has a place name, the cursor will indicate a small point hand. A click on the landscape feature will cause a new browser window to pop open that displays the same web pages listed below. The benefit now being that one is able to get a more geographic sense of position and scale.

The satellite map is very large in area, so please scroll across until the Isle of Jura comes into view, then move to your area of interest.

If your computer browser does not perform the function previously described, ensure you have the latest browser(s), such as Netscape 8.0, Internet Explorer 6.1 or later, Mozilla Firefox etc. If you have broadband, note that many of the standard browsers (BT Yahoo for example) will have the Java, or Active-X function, disabled. Merely go into to your browser settings for Internet Security, and enable Active-X/Java (terminology may vary). If you are still unable to access, then please use the old, traditional system below.

The satellite image is derived from LANDSAT 7 ETM+ dat using Band 3 (red), 2 (green) and 1 (blue), to provide a "real world" look and is provided courtesy of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre, Maryland, USA and the GLCF of the University of Maryland, USA, with data development by Feolin Centre, copyright 2006.

The Place Name List for Jura from the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 map

Each of the following links carries the viewer to an individual web page that contains a browse level (320x240) image of one of Jura's place names. The place name is spelled according to the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 scale map of Jura (Explorer 255) when possible, bearing in mind that modern web authoring software some times cannot deal with the specific accented letters required by the Gaelic language.

After each place name entry, a primary translation is given based on the Dwelly Gaelic Dictionary, regarded as the best source. The first translation will always be a Dwelly derived translation. The following translations will be those derived from either the published work of the late Calum MacArthur, whose translations based on the OS 1:50,000 scale map have been available for some years now, or the Rev. Roddy MacLeod, himself an acknowledged scholar on Gaelic language. The numbers following the translations are the OS grid coordinates (approximately) for the location of the place name on the 1:25,000 OS map. The index of place names follows a rough convention of moving left-to-right across the Ordnance Survey grid row used by the 1:25,000 scale map until all place names are examined, then down to the next row and so on. Note that the actual topographic feature will be nearby, based on the convention of the OS cartographer, or map maker. Finally, the descriptor beneath each browse image tells what type of image (landscape, seascape, panorama etc.) and what number in the series of each category. The topographic description beneath each image is by Dr. Gary McKay and is copyrighted. Note that there are 46,000 images in the entire archive, so if another view of a particular area is desired, then contact us at: director@theisleofjura.co.uk.

The Satellite Image Map of the Isle of Jura - contains clickable landscape links to all the place names on the OS 1:25,000 scale map of Jura.

North Jura