Spitalwood
Coille na Spideil
Meaning
woodland of the hospice
Location
Ross and Cromarty
Highland
NH553507
English / Map Form: Spitalwood
Gaelic Form: Coille na Spideil
Location: Black Isle & Mid-Ross
Post Town: MUIR OF ORD
County: Ross and Cromarty
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Spitalwood
Gaelic Form: Coille na Spideil
Language Notes
G nom. sg. coille, fem. 'woodland' + fem. gen. sg. def. art. na + gen. sg. spiteal, fem. 'spittal, hospice'Element Meaning
G coille ~ woodland; spiteal ~ spittal, hospice
Sources
Spitle 1693 Retours (Ross) no. 156
Spiteil Watson 1904, 144
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