Hilton of Cadboll
Baile a’ Chnuic
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.
