English / Map Form: Brae of Foss
Gaelic Form: Bràigh Fasaidh
Post Town: PITLOCHRY
Postcode area: PH16
County: Perthshire
Local Authority: Perth and Kinross
English / Map Form: Brae of Foss
Gaelic Form: Bràigh Fasaidh
Language Notes
G bràigh, nom. sg. masc. ‘upper part’ + gen. sg. of en. fasadh, masc. ‘station’ = ‘the upper part of Fasadh’Sources
Wester Fosseiche 1306 x 1329 Robertson’s Index 106
Easter Fossache 1329 x 1371 Robertson’s Index 21
Estir Fossach 1370 Robertson’s Index 259
Bràigh Fasaidh Watson 1928 p. 500
Bràigh Fasaidh Watson 2002 (1911) p. 109
Braigh Fasaidh: Robertson
See also Foss.
Additional Information
See Dwelly 2002, who discusses the confusion between fas and fasadh in Scottish Gaelic, which can be seen between the name Foss and Brae of Foss.
