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Balintore

Baile an Todhair

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Meaning

the town of the bleaching green


Location

Ross and Cromarty

Highland

NH865755


English / Map Form: Balintore

Gaelic Form: Baile an Todhair


Location: Easter Ross, Highland

Post Town: TAIN

County: Ross and Cromarty

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Balintore

Gaelic Form: Baile an Todhair


Language Notes

G nom. sg. baile, masc. ‘town’ + gen. sg. masc. def. art. an + gen. sg. of todhar, masc. ‘bleaching green’ = ‘the town of the bleaching green’

Element Meaning

baile ~ town; todhar ~ bleaching-green

Sources

Abbotsheaun, E. Balintoir c. 1590 Pont map 20
fishing town of Balintore 1791-1799 OSA (Fearn), 380
Balintore 1820 Thomson
Balintore 1880 OS 6 inch 1st edn.
G. bail’ an todhair, bleaching-town Watson 1904, 41

Additional Information

‘The old name of Balintore is given locally as Port an Ab, Abbot’s Port, and Blaeu shows Abbotshaven here’: Watson 1904, 41

Applied to: Balintore Harbour ~ Cala Bhaile an Todhair

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