English / Map Form: Faraid Head
Gaelic Form: Rubha na Faraid
County: Sutherland
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Faraid Head
Gaelic Form: Rubha na Faraid
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
| Farret | c. 1591 Pont map 1 |
| Farritt | c. 1591 Pont map 2 front |
| Row na Farriff | c. 1591 Pont map 2 front |
| Farrid or Far out head | 1832 Burnett |
| Far out head | 1820 Thomson |
| An Fharaid | modern OS maps |
n’ Fharaid: 1905 ‘Oran nan Eilean’ a Gaelic song (Captain Wm. Morrison ‘Fearchur Leighich’ Celtic Review vol II
“Farrid Head. Ordnance survey map etymologises this into far-out-head! The Gaelic is an fhairid, am faire aite,
the watch-place.” Gunn, Sutherland and Reay Country
An Fhairid an Fharaid Robertson Collection MS358, 34
Rubha na Farai(r)d Watson 2002 (1906), 62
An Fharaid: Seumas Grannd 2007
Nearby are Cleach Bheag and Mhòr na Faraid.
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