English / Map Form: Balgate
Gaelic Form: Baile a' Gheata
Location: Inverness area, Highland
Post Town: BEAULY
County: Ross and Cromarty
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Balgate
Gaelic Form: Baile a' Gheata
Language Notes
Element Meaning
G baile ~ town + geata ~ gate
Sources
| Baile a gheata | Robertson |
| Baile a’ gheata | H. Barron, Notes on the Aird, 220 |
| Bail a’ gheata | Barron, Hugh, ‘Some Notes on the Parish of Kiltarlity’ 1976, TGSI 50 |
Additional Information
In his 1976 article, Barron says of this name: “‘township of the road’ as in Geat’ an Dròbhaichean’ the old drove road in Kirkhill.”