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Brae of Foss

Bràigh Fasaidh


Settlement

Location

Perthshire

Perth and Kinross

PH16

NN753556


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.

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