English / Map Form: Auchgourish
Gaelic Form: Achadh Ghobhrais
Post Town: BOAT OF GARTEN
Postcode area: PH24
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Auchgourish
Gaelic Form: Achadh Ghobhrais
Sources
ax-ghaurishk Diack MS2276
Ach-gourish represents ” gobhair-innis,: Watson in MacBain, xxvii
Achadh Ghobhrais. A. Watson, Gillies Lobban’s Notes
“Achgowrish and Craigowrie are Goat Field and Goat Rock respectively, both places being noted for their herds of goats up to the beginning of this century.” Mathieson, Place-names of Strathspey, 223
