English / Map Form: Drummond Hill
Gaelic Form: Drumainn
County: Perthshire
Local Authority: Perth and Kinross
English / Map Form: Drummond Hill
Gaelic Form: Drumainn
Language Notes
nom. sg. of G cnoc, masc. ‘hill’ + gen. sg. of en. Drumainn, (locative of druim, `ridge’)Element Meaning
Sources
Drummyn Hill c. 1591 Pont map 18
Drummyn M. c.1640 Gordon 40
Drumend 1783 Stobie
Hill of Drummond 1770 Cameron’s map of Breadalbane
Druiminn*: Dwelly (not necessarily related to this site)
Drumainn (locative case of druim) MS372 Robertson Collection p. 131
Drumainn Robertson Collection MS371 p.14
Additional Information
Watson 2002 p. 159 mentions Druiminn as the form for the Inverness-shire Drummond and in Watson 1928 p. 227 he mentions Drumainn Eireannach for the Drummond between Crief and Comrie (perhaps with a specific in opposition to this Drummond?).
