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Invernahavon

Inbhir na h-Abhann


Settlement

Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

PH20

NN690959


English / Map Form: Invernahavon

Gaelic Form: Inbhir na h-Abhann


Post Town: NEWTONMORE

Postcode area: PH20

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Invernahavon

Gaelic Form: Inbhir na h-Abhann


Genitive Form: Inbhir na h-Abhann

Sources

Innernahavin c. 1591 Pont text 145r

 

Ionmhair na h-Amhuinn 1890 Amhainn Spe TGSI xvii pp. 9-17

Inbhir-na-Amhuinn, the confluence of the Truim with the Spey: Glimpses of Church and Social Life in the Highlands in Olden Times by Alexander MacPherson 1893, p. 314

Inbher na-h-abhainn Loyal Lochaber, p. 19

I. nahaun Diack Ms2276

Inbhir-na-haun: Place-name Survey material A20

 

“Invernavine (1603), means the confluence of the river, that is, of the Truim with Spey.” MacBain 276

Additional Information

The early forms and modern forms in Gaelic orthography suggest Abhainn as the genitive form but Diack and the Survey forms suggest Abhann. Abhann is the expected genitive form of abhainn in this area.

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