English / Map Form: Tarbat
Gaelic Form: Tairbeart
Location: Easter Ross, Highland
Post Town: INVERGORDON
Postcode area: IV18
County: Ross and Cromarty
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Tarbat
Gaelic Form: Tairbeart
Genitive Form: Thairbeirt
Language Notes
G nom. sg. tairbeart, masc. ‘isthmus’Element Meaning
tairbeart ~ isthmus
Sources
| Arterbert | 1227 Moray Reg. 75 |
| librarum de Tarbarde | 1374 RMS i no. 619 |
| librarum de Tarbart | 1374 RMS i no. 619 |
| Esirterbate | 1487 ER ix 276 |
| Tarbat | 1490 RMS ii no. 1978 |
| landis of Tarbat | 1507 RSS i no. 1472 |
| terras de Estir Tarbert | 1526 RMS iii no. 372 |
| Terbert | 1529 Balnagown Charters vol II |
| terras de Estir Tarbert | 1542 RMS iii no. 2661 |
| Terbat | 1561-1566 Book of Assumptions |
| Terbat Geog. Coll. ii, 526 | |
| Estir Tarbert | 1565 RMS iv no. 1618 |
| Eister Tarbett | 1601 Retours (Ross and Cromarty) no. 15 |
| mansum de Nig vel Tarbett | 1611 RMS vii no. 482 |
| Apud Tarbat | 1622 RMS vii no. 351 |
| Terbaert C. 1654 Blaeu Map (Sutherland) | |
| Tarbat | 1820 Thomson |
| Tarbat Mains | 1880 OS 6 inch 1st edn. |
| An Tairbeart | Dwelly 1912 |
| G Tairbeart | Watson 1904, 45 |
Additional Information
The article is not used with this particular name.
Applied to: Tarbat Mains ~ Mànas Thairbeirt