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
Additional Information
This seems to be an established form.
