English / Map Form: Balnain
Gaelic Form: Baile an Àthain
Location: Inverness area, Highland
Post Town: INVERNESS
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Balnain
Gaelic Form: Baile an Àthain
Language Notes
Element Meaning
G baile ~ town + àthan~ little ford
Sources
Bail’ an Athainn – the Town of the Ford MacKay 1893 and 1914
Additional Information
There are a number of other names with a similar form. Most of the others represent Beul an Àthain. This particular name belongs to a cluster of Bal- names.
