English / Map Form: Tarradale
Gaelic Form: Tarbhdail
Location: Black Isle and Mid Ross
Post Town: MUIR OF ORD
Postcode area: IV6
County: Ross and Cromarty
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Tarradale
Gaelic Form: Tarbhdail
Language Notes
G tarbh masc. 'bull' +Sources
| Carnedale (= *Taruedale) | 1240 Moray Reg. |
| Auchterwaddale, Onachterwadale, Ouchterwaddale | 1275 Beauly Charters no. vi |
| Tarudale | c. 1350 RMS i app I no. 64 |
| Taredell | c. 1350 RMS i app I no. 381 |
| Tarridie | 1372 Ane Breve Cronicle |
| Tardaile | 1430 RMS ii no. 155 |
| Tardale | 1475 RMS ii no. 1227 |
| Tarredill | 1479 ER viii 261 |
| Tarradale | 1526 RMS iii no. 382 |
| Terradale | 1527 RMS iii no. 486 |
| Terradale | 1565 RMS iv no. 1618 |
| Terradell | 1587 RMS v no. 1331 |
| Tarradell | 1587 RMS v no. 1331 |
| Tarradill | 1595 RMS v no. 229 |
| Tarradell | 1608 RMS vi no. 2109 |
| Tarradell | 1614 RMS vii no. 1115 |
| Tarradaill | x2 1681 Retours (Ross) no. 138 |
Norse tarfr-dalr bull-dale: Watson 1904, 108
taraitəl: Diack Ms2276
Additional Information
Taylor and Crawford, 2003 prefer G Tarbhdail over ON Tarbhadal, making the good point that a dail is more appropriate here than an ON dalr.
The 1275 forms probably represent Achadh + Tarradale, perhaps now the Muir of Tarradale.