English / Map Form: Gartymore
Gaelic Form: Gartaidh Mòr
Location: Helmsdale
Post Town: Helmsdale
County: Sutherland
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Gartymore
Gaelic Form: Gartaidh Mòr
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Element Meaning
Sources
terre de Garthyes 1376-7 Caithness and Sutherland Records 121
Mekle Garth 1510 ER xiii 329
Mid-Garthe 1528 RMS ii 557
Mydgarthe 1563 RSS v 1463
Myd Garthie 1564 RSS v 1704
Myd Garth 1566 RSS v 2718
Garthe 1566 Sutherland Charters 103
Gartymore 1772 John Kirk’s Survey of Golspie
Gartiemore 1747-55 Roy
Alt Gharstiemore 1855 Burnett
G gart, gort, an enclosure… N gardr a walled garden. McKay 1892, 332 135 136
Garty, Gartaidh: Dwelly 1912
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