English / Map Form: Strathyre
Gaelic Form: Srath Eadhair
Location: Strathyre ~ Srath Eadhair
Post Town: CALLANDER
Postcode area: FK18
County: Stirlingshire
Local Authority: Stirling
English / Map Form: Strathyre
Gaelic Form: Srath Eadhair
Language Notes
nom. sg. of G srath, masc. ‘glen’ + nom. sg. of G river-name Eadhair = ‘glen (of) the Eadhair’Element Meaning
Sources
Sratho Ethairt 653 AU
Srath-eadhair Watson 2001 p. 91
Srath-eadhairDwelly
Stronyre = Sròn Eaodhair MS372 Robertson Collection p. 270
Srath Eaghair MS372 Robertson Collection p. 266
Srath Eadhair Newton 1999
Additional Information
River Balvaig runs through this glen. It is not clear if Eadhair is a glen or river-name.
