English / Map Form: Rhubodach
Gaelic Form: An Rubha Bòdach
Location: Bute, Argyll
Post Town: COLINTRAIVE
Postcode area: PA22
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
English / Map Form: Rhubodach
Gaelic Form: An Rubha Bòdach
Language Notes
G nom. sg. an, masc. def. art. + G nom. sg. rubha, masc. `point, headland’ + G. sg. bòdach masc. 'old man'?Element Meaning
G rubha ~ point, headland + bòdach ~ old man
Sources
| Row | 1506 RMS ii no. 2987 [to Donald Makkane, the lands of Row] |
| Row | 1507 ER xii, 510 [25s. lands] |
| terrarum de Row | 1524 ER xv, 622 |
| Row | 1527 ER xv, 303 |
| Roweintrawe | 1540 RMS iii no. 2146 |
| apud Roy in Bute | 1540 x 1542 RMS iii no. 2583 |
| Row | 1637 Retours (Bute) no. 48 |
| Row | 1654 Blaeu/Bute |
| the tuenty five shilling land of Row | 1681 RPS 1681/7/154 |
| Neil Campbel in Rue | 1738 Rothesay Session Bk. 439 |
| Duncan Smith in Ruebodach | 1750 Rothesay Session Bk. 478 |
| Row c.1753 Roy | |
| Rue | 1759 Fowlis no. 71 |
| Rudh-bodach | 1773 McLea A75 fo. 24r. |
| Ruv | 1801 Langlands/Argyll |
| Rue | 1820 Thomson/Buteshire |
| Rhubodach | 1864 OS Name Book 6, 5 |
| Rue | 1864 OS Name Book 6, 5 |
| Rudhabodach | 1869 OS 6 inch 1st edn |
| Row | 1654 Blaeu map Bute |
| Row | 1747-55 Roy |
| Rue | 1820 Thomson |
| Rudhabodach | 1865 OS 1st |
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| Rudhbodach | 1890s OS 1st edn. |
| Rudha Bodach | 1865 OS 1st edn. |
| Rudha Bodach | 1890s OS 1st edn. |
| Rudha Bodach | 1901 OS 1st rev. |
| Rubha a’ Bhodaich | Modern OS map |
Additional Information
Rhubodach is the settlement and Rudha Bodach is the promontory.
