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.