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Glenashdale

Gleann Èasdail


Lowland, Settlement

Location

Ayrshire

North Ayrshire

KA27

NS048253


English / Map Form: Glenashdale

Gaelic Form: Gleann Èasdail


Post Town: ISLE OF ARRAN

Postcode area: KA27

County: Ayrshire

Local Authority: North Ayrshire

English / Map Form: Glenashdale

Gaelic Form: Gleann Èasdail


Language Notes

 

Element Meaning

G nom. sg. gleann, masc. ‘glen’ + en gen. sg. G Èasdal (ON obscure element + ON dalr, masc. ‘valley’)

Sources

Glenasdasdaill 1609 Retours (Bute) 18

Gleann Èasdail (Àsdail?) Robertson Collection MS291, 5v
askr-dalr: Fraser 1999, 79

Additional Information

See Fraser for old forms. This may have the same derivation as Easdale (Easdail) but with a long vowel, which sporadically occurs in stressed vowels in Arran Gaelic.

Alternative Forms

 Glen Ashdale

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