English / Map Form: Loch Kinardochy
Gaelic Form: Loch Ceann Àrdachaidh
Location: Perthshire
Post Town: PITLOCHRY
Postcode area: PH16
County: Perthshire
Local Authority: Perth and Kinross
English / Map Form: Loch Kinardochy
Gaelic Form: Loch Ceann Àrdachaidh
Language Notes
G nom sg. loch, masc. ‘loch’ = ‘end of the loch’ + gen. sg. of en Ceann Ardachaidh (from G nom. sg. ceann, masc. ‘head, end’ + gen. sg. àrdachaidh, ‘high place’)Element Meaning
G loch ~ loch + G ceann ~ head, G àrdachaidh ~ high place
Sources
| Loch Kinvardochy | c. 1591 Pont text 134r |
| lacus Kinnardothaeus | 1654 Blaeu text, 90 |
| Loch Kinardochy | 1783 Stobie/Perth |
Ceann Ardachaidh Robertson Collection MS 372, 103
Additional Information
There is no evidence Kinardochy is a settlement.
