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Barry Links

Machair Bharraidh

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NO545322


English / Map Form: Barry Links

Gaelic Form: Machair Bharraidh


Location: Carnoustie ~ Càrn Ùstaidh

Post Town: Dundee ~ Dùn Dè

Local Authority: Angus

English / Map Form: Barry Links

Gaelic Form: Machair Bharraidh


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baronium de Barrie 1587 RMS v, 1384
baronia de Barry 1588 RMS v, 1439
baronia de Barry 1591 RMS v, 1838
baronia de Barry 1591 RMS v, 1953
Barry c. 1591 Pont map 26
Barre c. 1680 Robert’s Angusia
aig Barry Links 1890 Bràiste Lathurna by Dugald Gordon MacDougall 1959

Barry is a parish name. This name is possibly from bàrr, ‘summit’ + a locational ending
-aidh, with the same extension or variation in meaning as ros, from a vertical protrusion
to a horizontal promontory. This would clearly relate to the promontory here.

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