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North Sutor

An Sùdaire a Tuath

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Location

Ross and Cromarty

Highland

IV19

NH813687


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.

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