English / Map Form: Saddell
Gaelic Form: Sàghadal
Location: Kintyre, Argyll
Post Town: CAMPBELTOWN
Postcode area: PA28
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
English / Map Form: Saddell
Gaelic Form: Sàghadal
Language Notes
ON unclear element + nom. sg. dalr, masc. ‘valley’Element Meaning
ON unclear element; dalr ~ valley
Sources
| Terris de Glensagadull | 1508 RMS ii, 3170 |
| Monasterii de Sagadull | 1508 RMS ii, 3208 |
| Sandale (= ?Saudale) | 1510 RSS i, 2069 |
| Sadill | c. 1650 Gordon / Cantyre |
| Sadael | 1654 Blaeu |
| terrarum de Saddell | 1695 Retours (Argyle) 93 |
| Saddell | 1804 Langlands |
| Saimhdail | White, PSAS 1869, vol 8 |
| Sà adal | Henderson 1910, 160 |
| Sàdal | 1912 Dwelly |
| Sàghadail | Holmer 1962 |
| Sàdal | Robertson Collection MS370, 17 |
| Saghadal | v MacMillan 1960 |
Additional Information
See Carradale entry for explanation of final -l in Holmer’s version.