Dunblane

Dùn Bhlàthain

Meaning

Blane's hill(fort)

Settlement

Location

Stirlingshire

Stirling

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English / Map Form: Dunblane

Gaelic Form: Dùn Bhlàthain

Location: Stirlingshire

Post Town: DUNBLANE

County: Stirlingshire

Local Authority: Stirling

English / Map Form: Dunblane

Gaelic Form: Dùn Bhlàthain

Element Meaning

G dùn ~ hill(fort); Blàthan ~ Blane, personal name

Sources

Dun Bhlathain, dun-vLa:hin’ Dieckhoff
Dùn Bhlathainn Mark
Dun-Blathain Robertson MS
Dun Blathain Watson in Dwelly
a Dhun-blathan 1906 Sinton’s Poetry of Badenoch

Additional Information

See Watson 1926, pp. 164-5.

Alternative Forms