English / Map Form: Gorton
Gaelic Form: An Goirtean
Location: Isle of Islay
Post Town: ISLE OF ISLAY
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
English / Map Form: Gorton
Gaelic Form: An Goirtean
Language Notes
G nom. sg. def. art. an + G nom. sg goirtean, masc. ‘small patch of arable land’Element Meaning
G goirtean ~ small enclosed field
Sources
?Gortoun 1472 RMS no. 1088 vol VII
Goirtean 1882 Proceedings of the Society p. 266
Gortan, Port a’ Ghoirtein 1882 OS 6 inch map
An Goirtean 1911 Dwelly
An Goirtean local informant
