English / Map Form: Balconie
Gaelic Form: Bailcnidh
Location: Easter Ross, Highland
Post Town: DINGWALL
County: -- Select a county --
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Balconie
Gaelic Form: Bailcnidh
Language Notes
G ?bailc, 'adj. strong' + suffix -nidhElement Meaning
bailc ~ strong
Sources
| Balkeny x2 | 1479 ER viii 261 |
| Balconee | 1479 ER viii 261 |
| Balkny | 1550 RMS iv no. 508 |
| Balcony | 1565 RMS iv no. 1618 |
| Balcony | 1587 RMS v no. 1331 |
| Balcony | 1591 RMS iv no. 1975 (footnote) |
| Balcony | 1592 RPS [1592/4/210] |
| Balcony | 1608 RMS v no. 2109 |
| Balcony | 1614 RMS vii no. 1115 |
| Balconie | 1623 Retours (Ross and Cromarty) no. 183 (supplementa) |
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Balconie |
1624 RMS viii no. 562 |
| Balcony | 1631 RMS viii no. 1720 |
| Balknie | 1641 RPS [A1641/7/37] |
| Balkeny | 1654 Blaeu Map (Moray) |
| Balcome (vel Balconie) | 1677 Retours (Ross and Cromarty) no. 133 |
| Balconie | 1686 RPS [1686/4/74] |
| Balkny | 1730 Wade’s Military Maps of Scotland |
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Upper Balcony |
1791-1799 OSA (Kiltearn), 467 |
| Balconie Point | 1880 OS 6 inch 1st edn. |
| G Bailcnidh based on ‘bailc’ = strong | Watson 1904, 87 |
| bailc ’the welkin’ is from belker ’dull rainy sky’ | Henderson 1910, 205 |
Additional Information
Perhaps based on G adj. bailc, ‘strong’ + or G bailc, fem. ‘balk, ridge of earth’ Watson 1904, 87 says this is decisively Bailcnidh, although the local explanation is Baile Còmhnuidh, ‘dwelling place’
Applied to: Balconie Point ~ Rubha Bhailcnidh
