English / Map Form: Blackcraig
Gaelic Form: A’ Chreag Dhubh
Location: Perth & Kinross
Post Town: BLAIRGOWRIE
County: Perthshire
Local Authority: Perth and Kinross
English / Map Form: Blackcraig
Gaelic Form: A’ Chreag Dhubh
Language Notes
G nom. sg. masc. def. art. a’ (leniting) + lenited nom. sg. creag, fem. ‘crag’ + nom. sg. lenited adj. dubh, ‘black’Element Meaning
G creag ~ crag + G dubh ~ black
Sources
| Blackcraig | c. 1591 Pont map 27 |
| Blackcraig | 1636-52 Gordon map 6 |
| Blackecraige, Blackcraig | 1672 RPS [1672/6/72] |
| Hill called Blackcraige | 1672 RPS [1672/6/115] |
| Craig-dubh-chaillich | 1880 TGSI, 300 Ferguson, Early History of Strathardle |
