English / Map Form: Arbroath
Gaelic Form: Obar Bhrothaig
Location: Angus
Post Town: ARBROATH
County: Angus
Local Authority: Angus
English / Map Form: Arbroath
Gaelic Form: Obar Bhrothaig
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
| Ard vrain | Lhuyd 1699 Trinity College Library MS. H. 4. 28 |
| Obar Bhrothaig | Watson, Hogan’s Review |
| Obair-bhrothaig | Watson in Dwelly |
| Obar-bhrotháig | Watson 1926, 465 |
| artsh-bro | Diack, Inscriptions, 183 and MS2276 |
Additional Information
It is perhaps noteworthy that the now accepted form Obar Bhrothaig does not seem to have been on record before Watson published it, and is not recorded by anyone else. Early forms of course show the name to have originally been Aberbrothock.