Ardross

Àird Rois

Meaning

height of Ros

Settlement

Location

Ross and Cromarty

Highland

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English / Map Form: Ardross

Gaelic Form: Àird Rois

Location: Easter Ross, Highland

Post Town: ALNESS

County: Ross and Cromarty

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Ardross

Gaelic Form: Àird Rois

Language Notes

G nom sg àird, fem. 'height' + gen. sg. of en Ros

Element Meaning

àird ~ height’; Ros ~ Ross

Sources

Ardrosser 1227 Moray Reg. 75
Godefrey de Ardrossan 1296 Ragman Rolls, 126
Ardroshe 1649 Tain and Balnagown Docs no. 566
barony of Ardros 1652 RMS x no. 9
Ardross 1747-55 Roy
Ardross 1820 Thomson
‘Ard-rois’ height of Ross Watson 1904, 71 and Watson 1926, 496

Alternative Forms