English / Map Form: Clochfoldich
Gaelic Form: Cloich Phollaich
Post Town: PITLOCHRY
Postcode area: PH9
County: Perthshire
Local Authority: Perth and Kinross
English / Map Form: Clochfoldich
Gaelic Form: Cloich Phollaich
Sources
Cloich-bholaich: Robertson 2019, 274
Cloich phollaich: Watson CW9
cLoiç voLLiç, some double Diack MS 191
Cloich-phollaich – the stone of the marsh: Kennedy 1927, 26
(G. Cloich-‘phollaich – The stone of the marsh. The first word of the name is in the locative case. “Pollach” means a number of pools. Its original d is preserved in “Cloichfoldich,” but in “Dalpowie” (G Dail’ phollaich) near Dunkeld, the word is very much smoothed down.: Gow 1901, 45