Old Photograph Rubh' an Dùnain Scotland

Old photograph of Rubha an Dùnain or Rubh' an Dùnain, an uninhabited peninsula to the south of the Cuillin hills on Isle Of Skye, Scotland. In the post Viking era Rubha an Dùnain was the home of Clan MacAskill and the peninsula contains the ruins of a small village, including an 18th century tacksman's house. The area was occupied until the clearances of the 1860s.

MacAskill, also spelt Macaskill, is a surname. It is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic Mac Asgaill, meaning " son of Asgall ". The Gaelic name Asgall is a reduced form of the Old Norse personal name Ásketill. In Gaelic the MacAskills are known as Clann t-Ascaill, and Clann t-Asgaill. In Scottish Gaelic, the surname is rendered MacAsgaill. In Irish, the surname is rendered Mac Ascaill. Early forms of the name on record in Scotland are Mackaiscail in 1766, Mackaiscal in 1769, and Macaiskill in 1790. An early form of the name in England is Mac Askil in 1311.



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