English / Map Form: Auchtertyre
Gaelic Form: Uachdar Thìre
Location: Wester Ross, Highland
Post Town: KYLE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A87
English / Map Form: Auchtertyre
Gaelic Form: Uachdar Thìre
Language Notes
G nom. sg. uachdar, masc. 'upland' + lenited gen. sg. of tìr, fem. 'land' = 'upland'Element Meaning
G uachdar upland; tìr land
Sources
| Wochterory | 1495 RMS ii no. 228 |
| Ochtertere | 1528 RMS iii no. 534 |
| Othirtirie | 1548 RMS iv no. 204 |
| Auchtorteir | 1681 RPS [1681/7/155] |
| Uachdar Thìre | Dwelly 1912 |
| Uachdar Thìre | Watson 1904, 186 |
| Uachdar Thìre | previous signage |
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