English / Map Form: Ardtornish
Gaelic Form: Àird Tòranais
Location: Lochaber, Highland
Post Town: OBAN
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Ardtornish
Gaelic Form: Àird Tòranais
Language Notes
G nom. sg. àird, fem. ‘headland’ + gen. sg. of en TòranaisElement 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 | Dwelly 1912 |
| Ard Tòr(i)nnis | Robertson |
Additional Information
Compare Àrd Thurinish at Aird of Sleat.
