English / Map Form: An Sgarsoch
Gaelic Form: An Sgarsach
Post Town: BLAIRGOWRIE
Postcode area: PH10
County: Perthshire
Local Authority: Perth and Kinross
English / Map Form: An Sgarsoch
Gaelic Form: An Sgarsach
Sources
Scairsoch 1651 Gordon Aberdeen
an Sgarsaich: Robertson
the skarsoch; it had the def. article also in Gaelic.: Alexander, Some Name Pronunciations, 267
There is a tradition, known in both Braemar and Badenoch, that a cattle market used to be held there; it was called Féille Sgarsaich: 1954 Alexander 369
from An Sgarsach… possibly from Sgar = a knot or fissure… These notes show that it had been An Sgarsach Mhór, the big sgarsach, pairing with Scarsoch Bheag to the north. A hill in Glen Geldie.: A. Watson 1984, 136
For Sgarsaich Bheag Diack writes: skarsich, n sgarsoch, an sgarsaich bheag, the word is feminine: Diack MS2276
Additional Information
Munro M126, 1006m