English / Map Form: Garve
Gaelic Form: Gairbh
Location: Black Isle and Mid Ross
Post Town: STRATHPEFFER
County: Ross and Cromarty
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Garve
Gaelic Form: Gairbh
Language Notes
G slenderised, locative form of garbh adj. 'rough'Element Meaning
G garbh ~ rough
Sources
| terrarum de Garves | 1633 Retours (Ross) no. 79 |
| terras de Garves | 1669 Retours (Ross) no. 124 |
| Gairbh TSR2 |
| Gairbh – “probably here also a river name.” Watson 1904, 161 |
| Gairbh Wentworth |
