Guisachan

Giùthsachan

Settlement

Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

IV4

NH306269

English / Map Form: Guisachan

Gaelic Form: Giùthsachan

Location: Strathglass

Post Town: BEAULY

Postcode area: IV4

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Guisachan

Gaelic Form: Giùthsachan

Genitive Form: Ghiùthsachain

Language Notes

 

Sources

Gulachkyn 1221 Moray Reg., no. 51
Gulakin 1221 NLS Adv.MS.34.4.10, fos. 18v- 19r
Gulsackyn 1221 Moray Reg., no. 51
[Gu]sowchtan 1416 RMS, ii no. 178 [Appears as Ensowchtan]
Alexander Fraser de Guisaquhan 1597 RMS, vi no. 510
Gussachan 1795 RHP11605, Sheet 3
Guisachan House – Giubhsachan Robertson
Hilton Cottage: Tom Ghiubhsachain Robertson
Giuthsachan Dieckhoff

Additional Information

The Robertson forms suggest there is no article. This is in agreement with Watson’s form for Lochbroom Guisachan: Giùthsachan and Creag Ghiùthsachan, 1904, 242.

Alternative Forms