English / Map Form: Barassie
Gaelic Form: Bàrr Fhasaidh
Location: South Ayrshire
Post Town: TROON
County: Ayrshire
Local Authority: South Ayrshire
English / Map Form: Barassie
Gaelic Form: Bàrr Fhasaidh
Language Notes
G nom. sg. bàrr, 'top', masc. + gen. sg. of G fasaidh ?wildernessElement Meaning
G bàrr ~ top + G fasaidh ?wilderness (is this fasaich?)
Sources
| Villa de Barrassy | 1510 Glasgow Rentals 496 |
| Barrassy | 1654 Blaeu map Kyle |
| Barasy | 1775 Armstrong a new map of Ayrshire |
| Barrassie | 1747-55 Roy |
| Barr (an) fhasaidh | Watson 1926, 500 |
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