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Hilton of Cadboll

Baile a’ Chnuic

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Meaning

the farm of the hill


Location

Ross and Cromarty

Highland

NH871763


English / Map Form: Hilton of Cadboll

Gaelic Form: Baile a’ Chnuic


Location: Easter Ross, Highland

Post Town: TAIN

County: Ross and Cromarty

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Hilton of Cadboll

Gaelic Form: Baile a’ Chnuic


Language Notes

G nom. sg. baile, masc. ‘town’ + gen. sg. masc. def. art. a’ (leniting) + lenited gen. sg. of cnoc, masc. ‘hill’ = ‘the farm of the hill’

Element Meaning

G baile ~ town; cnoc ~ hill

Sources

Balnaknock 1479 ER viii 261
Balnknock 1479 ER viii 261
Balnaknok 1526 ER xv 374
Hiltoun c. 1590 Pont map 20
Balnaknock 1610 RMS vii no. 409
terras de Hiltoun in vulgo Bellachnoik 1611 RMS vii no. 499
Hilton 1730 Wade’s Military Maps of Scotland
Hiltown 1791-1799 OSA (Fearn), 380
Hilton 1820 Thomson
Hilton 1747-55 Roy
G. bail’ a’ chnuic. Watson 1904, 41
Bail a’ Chnuic Robertson

Additional Information

The Cadboll identifier in the English version of the name is not necessary for the path sign, since it is at some distance from the other Hiltons.

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