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Ardtornish

Àird Tòranais

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Meaning

headland of Tòranais


Location

Highland

NM702475


English / Map Form: Ardtornish

Gaelic Form: Àird Tòranais


Location: Lochaber, Highland

Post Town: OBAN

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Ardtornish

Gaelic Form: Àird Tòranais


Language Notes

G nom. sg. àird, fem. ‘headland’ + gen. sg. of en Tòranais

Element Meaning

G àird ~ headland; Tòranais ~ headland of Thor

Sources

Ardthoranis 1390 Acts of the Lords of the Isles no. 11
Ardtorinche 1451 ‘Regester’ at Taymouth (from OPS ii, 193)
Ardtornys 1461 Argyle Charters (from OPS ii, 193)
Ardthornis 1461 Acts of the Lords of the Isles, no. 74
Ardthoranis 1495 RMS ii no. 2264
Ard-Torrenish c. 1644 Geog. Coll. ii, 521
Ardtorreneish 1671 ‘Macleans of Duart’ (Highland Papers vol I, 287)

Ardtoiniss 1673 ‘Macleans of Duart’ (Highland Papers vol I, 261)
Ardtorreneish 1672 ‘Macleans of Duart’ (Highland Papers vol I, 252)
Ardtorneisch 1674 Retours (Argyle) no. 82

Ardtornish

1747-55 Roy
Ardtornish 1820 Thomson
anaird tòirinis Book of Clanranald, 161
Ard-tòrainnis

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