English / Map Form: Carrbridge
Gaelic Form: Drochaid Chàrr
Location: Badenoch & Strathspey, Highland
Post Town: CARRBRIDGE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Carrbridge
Gaelic Form: Drochaid Chàrr
Sources
Dhrochaid-Carr [genitive] | 1846, An Fhianuis p. 255, 69 |
Drochaid-‘Charra x2 | 1875 Am Feillire 15 and 16 |
Drochaid Charr | Watson in Dwelly |
Drochaid Charra | Watson 1926, 146, 348 and 433 |
droychit char (one r) | Diack, Inscriptions of Pictland, 193 |
Additional Information
The earliest structure at Carr Bridge dates from 1717. Recently, the village was given a new bi-lingual roadsign, with the Gaelic Drochaid Charra. Locally, this is usually Drochaid Charr; most end vowels are dropped in Strathspey Gaelic.”: MacGregor, Gaelic Place-Names in Strathspey.