Balintore
Baile an Todhair
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
