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Barbeth

Am Bàrr Beithe


Meaning

Hill of the birch(es)


Settlement

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

Additional Information

Low Barbeth NX013660
High Barbeth NX015653

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