English / Map Form: Boreland
Gaelic Form: A’ Bhòrlainn
Location: Perth & Kinross
Post Town: PITLOCHRY
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Local Authority: Perth and Kinross
English / Map Form: Boreland
Gaelic Form: A’ Bhòrlainn
Language Notes
nom. sg. masc. def. art. a’ (leniting) + lenited nom. sg. of G bòrlainn, ‘boardland’Element Meaning
G bòrlainn ~ boardland
Sources
| Borland | 1769 Survey of Lochtayside, 55 |
| Big yard or enclosure (stackyard) | Christie 1892 |
| Am Borlainn, A’ Bhorlainn | Watson 2001 (1928), 179 |
| a’ Bhorlainn | Robertson Collection MS372, 131 and 135 |
| Bòrlainn | Robertson Transactions, 23 1897 |
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