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Auchtertyre

Uachdar Thìre

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Meaning

upland


Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NG839274


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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