English / Map Form: Belladrum
Gaelic Form: Bealadruim
Location: Inverness area, Highland
Post Town: BEAULY
County: Ross and Cromarty
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Belladrum
Gaelic Form: Bealadruim
Language Notes
Element Meaning
G beul ~ mouth + druim ~ ridge
Sources
| tribus partibus de Beldrum | 1496 RMS, ii no. 2320 |
| Balladrum | 1507 RMS, ii no. 3184 |
| octauam partem de dawoch de Belladrum | 1511 NLS Dep. 327, 59/2 |
| tres quartas partes de Balladrum | 1512 RMS, ii no. 3730 |
| Bealadrum | Diack Place-names of Pictland 11, 155 |
| Bealladrum | Roberton |
| Beala-drum | Watson 2002 (1913), 130 |
| Bealathdruim | Watson 1926, 478 |
Additional Information
Belladrum Kennels is a modern name, although kennels and a pheasantry is marked at this site on OS 1902.