English / Map Form: Knockfarrel
Gaelic Form: Cnoc Fearralaidh
Location: Black Isle and Mid Ross
Post Town: STRATHPEFFER
County: Ross and Cromarty
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Knockfarrel
Gaelic Form: Cnoc Fearralaidh
Genitive Form: Chnoc Fearralaidh
Language Notes
G nom. sg. cnoc, masc. ‘hill’ + obscure elementElement Meaning
G cnoc ~ hill; obscure element
Sources
?Knok Fermoil | 1636-52 Gordon 21 |
Knockvroill | 1667 Tain and Balnagown Docs no. 247 |
Knockfallaric | 1791-1799 OSA (Fodderty), 390 |
Knock Farril | 1820 Thomsons Map |
Cnoc Farralaidh | TSR2 |
Cnoc Fearralaidh | Robertson Collection MS357, 66. |
Cnoc-farralaidh | Watson 1904, 98 |
Cnoc-fearralaidh | Dwelly 1912 (Watson) |