Ardvasar

Human settlement in Scotland

Ardvasar

Location within the Isle of Skye

OS grid referenceNG630031Council area

Highland

Lieutenancy area

Ross and Cromarty

CountryScotlandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townISLE OF SKYEPostcode districtIV45Dialling code01471PoliceScotlandFire Scottish AmbulanceScottish UK Parliament

Ross, Skye and Lochaber

Scottish Parliament

Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch

List of places: UK; Scotland

57°03′29″N 5°54′32″W / 57.058°N 5.909°W / 57.058; -5.909

Ardvasar (Scottish Gaelic: Àird a’ Bhàsair) is a village near the southern end of the Sleat peninsula, on the Isle of Skye in Scotland.^[1] It is just to the south of the village of Armadale, where a ferry crosses to Mallaig. Nearby attractions include Armadale Castle and the Museum of the Isles.

Gaelic in Ardvasar

The Gaelic name is often translated as the Point of the Executioner, but the element translated as executioner (Bàsar) is obscure.^[2] In the first detailed census of the area (1891), 99.0% of residents were recorded as able to speak Gaelic, with 20.2% recorded as mono-lingual Gaelic speakers.^[3] In the last census (2011), 26.7% of residents were reported as able to speak Gaelic.^[4] The local school, Bun-sgoil Shlèite/Sleat Primary School, is a designated Gaelic school with an English unit, and Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Scotland's Gaelic-language tertiary education institution, is 2+1⁄2 miles (4 kilometres) away in Kilbeg.

References

^ Microsoft; Nokia (23 March 2017). "Ardvasar" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
^ "Ardvasar". Ainmean Àite na h-Alba. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
^ Duwe, Kurt C. (2006). Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic) Local Studies Vol. 12: An t-Eilean Sgitheanach: Port Rìgh, An Srath & Slèite (PDF) (2nd ed.). p. 8.
^ "Ardvasar output area S00118011". Scotland's Census. Retrieved 9 August 2019.