Ardvasar

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.

Ardvasar Scottish Gaelic: Àird a' Bhàsair
The Ardvasar Hotel
Ardvasar Location within the Isle of Skye
OS grid reference	NG630031
Council area	Highland
Lieutenancy area	Ross and Cromarty
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ISLE OF SKYE
Postcode district	IV45
Dialling code	01471
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Scottish Parliament	Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
List of places UK Scotland 57.058°N 5.909°W / 57.058; -5.909

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.