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Glenscorrodale

Gleann Sgoradail


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Ayrshire

North Ayrshire

NR963279


English / Map Form: Glenscorrodale

Gaelic Form: Gleann Sgoradail


Location: Arran, Firth of Clyde

Post Town: BRODICK

County: Ayrshire

Local Authority: North Ayrshire

English / Map Form: Glenscorrodale

Gaelic Form: Gleann Sgoradail


Language Notes

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

Element Meaning

G gleann ~ glen + ON dalr ~ valley

Sources

Glenscoradel 1654 Blaeu Map Arania
Glen Scoredale 1814 Yule
“From Scorradal by prefixing the Gaelic glean” Cameron, 1889, 138

Additional Information

This is also called Gleann Uachdarach north of Glenree Bridge, see Fraser 1999, 129.

Alternative Forms

Glen Scorrodale

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