Prepositional Form: Bhaile Odharaidh

Sources

Pitwery 1495 Pitwery Acta Dominorum Concilii = Acts of the Lords of Council in civil causes
Pettourye 1603 Miscellany of the Spalding Club no 20 (1849) p. 296
Pittourie 1691 Land Roll Tax E106/17/2/11
Pitourie 1869 OS 1st edn 6” map
Ballourie 1899 OS 2nd edn 6” map
Ballourie modern OS maps

Bail-Obhraidh: Sinton, Poetry of Badenoch, p. 253 [place referred to as Ballourie in English text]
Bail ouri, Bail-ouri: Diack MS2276
B. ourie: Diack MS2771/1/

“Pitourie…. now Bail’odharaidh. The adjective odhar means “dun,” and odharach, with an old genitive odharaigh, or rather odharach-mhullach, is the plant devil’s bit. The plant may have given the name to the farm.” MacBain, p. 189

Additional Information

Diack MS2276 gives Pitourie as ’m bal du i.e. Am Baile Dubh, but this appears to be nearby Baldow.