English / Map Form: North Sutor
Gaelic Form: An Sùdaire a Tuath
Location: Easter Ross, Highland
Post Town: TAIN
Postcode area: IV19
County: Ross and Cromarty
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: North Sutor
Gaelic Form: An Sùdaire a Tuath
Language Notes
G nom. sg. masc. def. art. an + nom. sg. sùdair, masc. obscure element + a tuath, 'north'Element Meaning
G sùdair obscure element; a tuath ~ north
Sources
| the craigs callit Sowteris | 1641 RPS [1641/8/411] |
| North Sutor a high hill | 1730 Wade’s Military Maps of Scotland |
| the North Sutor | 1845 NSA (Nigg), 22 |
| East Sutor | 1898 Admiralty Chart 3110 |
| Na Sùdraichean | Dwelly 1912 (Watson) |
| na Sùtraicean or Sùtraichean | Robertson |
| “…possibly the Sutors, are connected with tanning’ | Watson 1904, lxxx |
Additional Information
Thomson 1820 has E. Suter Hill to the east of current North Sutor.
