Talk:Stac Dhòmhnaill Chaim

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Did you know... that in 2006, a descendant of the 17th century Hebridean chieftain who once fortified himself in Stac Dhòmhnaill Chaim (pictured), scaled the stack and found a piece of possibly Neolithic pottery?

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Although clearly identified as a medieval site the presence of prehistoric pottery (and the nature of the site itself) suggest a lengthy occupation. I'll add it to Template:Prehistoric Western Isles if you think that's appropriate. Ben Mac Dui 18:27, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm. I think there will be many more articles better deserving inclusion on the template than this one (this site just has one piece pre-historic potttery so far). We just have to come up with some more articles!--Celtus (talk) 05:54, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Translation[edit]

"Stac Dhomnuill Chaim when translated from Scottish Gaelic means "One-eyed Donald's stack"."

No it doesn't. Cam means bent or crooked.--MacRusgail (talk) 15:38, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The story behind Donald Cam is that he was blind in an eye. The Gaelic link you gave gives 'one-eyed' as one of the meanings of cam. There's a Victorian book on Googlebooks that has a Gaelic saying that is supposedly describes him:

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Donald Cam, so called from being blind of one eye... ...his attacks on the latter were so fierce and frequent, so much so that to this day there is a Gaelic saying, Cha robh Cam, nach robh crosd, "whoever is blind of an eye is pugnacious".

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--Celtus (talk) 05:24, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]