English / Map Form: Dunbeath
Gaelic Form: Dùn Bheathadh
Location: Caithness, Highland
Post Town: DUNBEATH
County: Caithness
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Dunbeath
Gaelic Form: Dùn Bheathadh
Language Notes
Element Meaning
G dùn ~ hill, fort; beatheadh ~ birch (variant of beithe)
Sources
Dun-Bheadh (Dun Bheathadh [ao]: Watson notebook CW9
Dun-Bheathadh (‘Dun Bhe-u’) [simplified]: Robertson 2019, p. 111
Dun Bheitheadh: Watson in Dwelly
Dùn Bheathadh S. Grannd, Gaidhlig Dhuthaich Mhic Aoidh