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GLEN FORSA

GLEANN FORSA

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Lowland Feature

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Argyll & Bute

Argyll & Bute

PA65

NM624376


English / Map Form: GLEN FORSA

Gaelic Form: GLEANN FORSA


Post Town: ISLE OF MULL

Postcode area: PA65

County: Argyll & Bute

Local Authority: Argyll & Bute

English / Map Form: GLEN FORSA

Gaelic Form: GLEANN FORSA


Element Meaning

G gleann + en Forsa.
‘Forsa glen’.

en Forsa < ON fors, gen. fors + ON á.
‘Waterfall river’.

Sources

Glenforssay 1509 NRS E38/339 [=ER xiii 214; district-name]

the water of Glenforsay 1549 × c.1675 Monro (Sibbald) §100 [=River Forsa]

Glen Foirsa 1654 Blaeu (Pont) Mula

Glen Foirsa 1654 Blaeu (Pont) Lorna

Gleann-forsa 1830 An Teachdaire Gaelach ii, 93

Gleannforsa 1842 Cuairtear nan Gleann ii, 312

Gleann-Forsa 1867 Caraid nan Gaidheal, 343

Glen Forsa 1868 × 1878 OSNB ARG OS1/2/76/17/3

Glen Forsa 1868 × 1878 OSNB ARG OS1/2/46/1/16/2

Ghlinnforsa 1870 Oran air Comhdhail Bhliadhnail Luchd Aiteachaidh Mhuile agus I Cholum Chille, 1 [genitive]

Glenforsa 1870 Oran air Comhdhail Bhliadhnail Luchd Aiteachaidh Mhuile agus I Cholum Chille, 4

Glen Forsa 1872 Leabhar na Feinne, 176

Gleann-forsa 1879 An t-Òranaiche, 190

Glen Forsa 1881 OS 6 inch 1st edn Sheet LXXXIV

Gleann Forsa 1895 Clan Traditions and Popular Tales, 18

Glenforsa 1895 Clan Traditions and Popular Tales, 18

Glen Forsa 1900 OS 6 inch 2nd edn Sheet LXXXIV

Gleann-forsa 1907 Naigheachdan Fìrinneach ii, 253

Gleann Forsa 1954 Clàr-eagair Mòd Ionadach na Dreòlluinn, 8 [local Mòd programme]

Glen Forsa 2007 OS Explorer [also at NM598426]

 

Additional Information

The referent of the specific of the existing name is almost certainly the waterfall near the mouth of River Forsa at NM600432.  This waterfall is marked on OS maps.

Alternative Forms

GLENFORSA

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