English / Map Form: Pollin
Gaelic Form: Am Pollan
Location: Lairg
Post Town: LAIRG
Postcode area: IV27
County: Sutherland
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Pollin
Gaelic Form: Am Pollan
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
‘Polin G., corruption of Pollan, dim. of poll, a pond, a pool, or marsh, giving the name to the locality.’ MacKay 1889, 59.
Polin 1747-55 Roy
Pollan 187x OS map
This is by Bàgh a’ Phòllain:
Bàgh a’ Phollain 1870s OS
Bàgh a’ Phòllain 1900s OS
Bàgh a’ Phòllain 1960s OS
This would appear to be a masculine form of the diminutive of poll, which is normally polla(i)g.
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