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Boreland

A’ Bhòrlainn

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Perth and Kinross

NN771644


English / Map Form: Boreland

Gaelic Form: A’ Bhòrlainn


Location: Perth & Kinross

Post Town: PITLOCHRY

County: -- Select a county --

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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