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