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Castle Dow

An Caisteal Dubh

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Meaning

the black castle


Location

Perthshire

Perth and Kinross

NN929512


English / Map Form: Castle Dow

Gaelic Form: An Caisteal Dubh


Location: Perth & Kinross

Post Town: PITLOCHRY

County: Perthshire

Local Authority: Perth and Kinross

English / Map Form: Castle Dow

Gaelic Form: An Caisteal Dubh


Language Notes

G an, nom. sg. masc. def. art. + G nom. sg. caisteal masc. + nom. sg. adj. dubh, ‘black’ = ‘the black castle' 

Element Meaning

G caisteal ~ castle; dubh black

Sources

Caisteal Dubh (no castle, hill top defended with ramparts): Robertson 156
an Caisteal Dubh (at B. naguard): Watson CW9
the “Caisteal Dubh” (Black Castle): Kennedy 1927, 12
Caistil Dhu: Kennedy 1927, 80

“The remains of an old fortification called Castle Dhu, or the Black Castle, the history of which has not been ascertained.” : Red Book of Grandtully I, xv

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