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English name |
Balintore |
Gaelic name |
Baile an Todhair |
Meaning |
the town of the bleaching green |
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Location |
Easter Ross, Highland |
Local authority |
Highland ~ A’ Ghàidhealtachd |
Parish post 1891 |
Fearn Parish |
County post 1891 |
Ross and Cromarty ~ Ros is Cromba |
Old geographical area |
Ross & Cromarty |
Topographical feature type |
Settlement ~ Tuineachadh |
Post town |
TAIN |
Postcode area |
IV20 |
OS sheet number |
438 |
OS grid reference |
NH865755 |
Type of name |
Place ~ Àite |
Element meaning |
baile ~ town; todhar ~ bleaching-green |
Element type |
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Language notes |
G nom. sg. baile, masc. ‘town’ + gen. sg. masc. def. art. an + gen. sg. of todhar, masc. ‘bleaching green’ = ‘the town of the bleaching green’ |
Sources |
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Additional info |
‘The old name of Balintore is given locally as Port an Ab, Abbot’s Port, and Blaeu shows Abbotshaven here’: Watson 1904, 41 The Pont / Gordon form is confusing. The current site is marked Abbotsheaun, whilst a settlement part of what is currently called the Mains of Tullich is marked E Balintore (i.e. East) which is west of current Balintore.
Applied to: Balintore Harbour ~ Cala Bhaile an Todhair
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