English / Map Form: Ardban
Gaelic Form: An Àird Bhàn
Location: Wester Ross, Highland
Post Town: PLOCKTON
County: Ross and Cromarty
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Ardban
Gaelic Form: An Àird Bhàn
Language Notes
G nom. sg. masc. fem. art. an + nom. sg. àird, fem. ‘headland’ + nom. sg. fem. adj. bàn, ‘white, fair’Element Meaning
G àird ~ headland; bàn ~ white, fair
Sources
Ardchanvan | 1820 Thomson |
Ard Bane | 1857 Admiralty Chart 2498 |
An Airde Bhàn | Watson 1904, 203 |
Near Sròn na h-Airde Bàine on OS.