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Duartbeg

Dubhaird Bheag


Location

Sutherland

Highland

NC165391


English / Map Form: Duartbeg

Gaelic Form: Dubhaird Bheag


Location: Lairg

Post Town: Lairg

County: Sutherland

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Duartbeg

Gaelic Form: Dubhaird Bheag


Language Notes

 

Element Meaning

 

Sources

Duartbeg 1726 Macf. Geog. Coll, ii, 197
Duartbeg 1820 Thomson

‘Du-ard Black height’ MacKay 1889, 58
G dubh, àrd height: Gunn
Dubhaird Beag: OS 1967
Dubhaird: Cox ‘Old Norse -rd(-)’
Dubhaird Bheag: ‘Loch a’ Mhuilinn’ (SNH leaflet)

Additional Information

Cox does not discuss this location in particular, but others sites with the same name; he makes a convincing case that this is a Norse name in origin, which explains its lack of article.

Old Duartbeg Road ~ Seann Rathad Dhubhaird Bhig
This is the old road leading to Duartbeg.
 

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