Barbeth
Am Bàrr Beithe
Meaning
Hill of the birch(es)
Location
Wigtownshire
Dumfries and Galloway
DG9
NX012656
English / Map Form: Barbeth
Gaelic Form: Am Bàrr Beithe
Post Town: STRANRAER
Postcode area: DG9
County: Wigtownshire
Local Authority: Dumfries and Galloway
English / Map Form: Barbeth
Gaelic Form: Am Bàrr Beithe
Sources
Barbeth 1541 RMS 1513-1546, no. 2271
Barbethis 1616 Retours (Wigton) 45
Barbeth 1654 Blaeu Atlas
Barbetth 1662 Blaeu Atlas
Barbethes 1668 Retours (Wigton) 149
Barbeath 1747-55 Roy
Birbeth 1782 Ainslie
Barbeth 1849 OS Six-inch 1st Ed.
Barbeth 1901 Bartholomew
Barbeth 2015 OS 1:25 Explorer Map 309
“BARBÈTH … Barr beithach [beyach], birchen hill, adjective from beith ; or possibly from the substantive beith … by restoration of the silent th, as in ráth or ràith.” Maxwell 1887: 69
“Barbeth … is bàrr [nam] beith, ‘hill of the birches’.” MacQueen 2002: 79