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You may have noticed as you look through my galleries that Loch Ewe and Isle of Ewe features rather a lot. I return frequently to one or two places on the eastern hills overlooking Loch Ewe with the intention of including all or part of the Isle of Ewe.
This particular view is from my, so far, favourite viewpoint to include the inhabited part of the Island. On this evening I had gone to this spot to try and capture the effect of a sunset, or at least the more subtle effects of dusk. I was not rewarded with a spectacular sky, this was due to the all enveloping thin cloud cover that was diffusing the light.
Instead I was presented with a spectacular set of wonderful patterns in the water caused by the interplay of water currents and evening breezes on the water's surface, further enhanced by reflecting the warm colour of the late evening light.
North-west Highland Place Names
The landscape of the North-west Highlands and the Gaelic language are intimately connected. Other languages have contributed to the richness of our place names, notably Norse, but the North-west Highlands have for centuries been a Gaelic landscape. In listing the meanings of place names I have relied on authoritative sources wherever possible. For further information about sources please refer to North-west Highland Place Names in the main menu.
Loch Ewe; Professor Watson said “that he had taken iu, with hesitation, from the Irish eo, thus ‘Loch of the yew tree’; the fact that Tobar na h-Iu in Nigg showed the article is practically decisive in favour of iu being there at least a Gaelic word. No Pictish name is accompanied by the Gaelic article. But the Ewe may be a Pictish name derived from the same root, or from a totally different one.”
Isle Ewe; Gaelic is Eilean Iu. See Loch Ewe for further information.
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