English / Map Form: Tollie
Gaelic Form: Tollaidh
Location: Black Isle & Mid-Ross
Post Town: MUIR OF ORD
Postcode area: IV6
County: Ross and Cromarty
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Tollie
Gaelic Form: Tollaidh
Language Notes
G nom. sg. masc. tollaidh, ‘hole-place’ (toll + locative suffix -aidh)Element Meaning
G tollaidh ~ hole-place
Sources
| Tolle | 1565 RMS iv no. 1618 |
| terras de Tollie | 1595 RMS iv no. 343 |
| terris de Tollie | 1622 Retours (Ross and Cromarty) no. 62 |
| Tolle | 1632 RMS iii no. 2737 |
| Tollie | 1638 Retours (Ross and Cromarty) no. 87 |
| Tollie | 1641 RPS [A164/7/37] |
| Tollie | 1644 RMS ix no. 1568 |
| Tolle | 1652 RMS x no. 8 |
| Tollie | 1670 Retours (Ross and Cromarty) no. 127 |
| Tollie (vel Towie) | 1673 Retours (Ross and Cromarty) no. 130 |
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Tollie |
1697 Retours (Ross and Cromarty) no. 162 |
| G. Tollaidh, Place of the Holes | Watson 1904, 73 |
| Tollaidh | Mac an Tàilleir |
Additional Information
This name no longer appears on OS maps. As to the existence of an article, Watson gives Coire Thollaidh and Braigh Thollaidh for Cor Tollie and Braetollie respectively. For this site and others mentioned in Watson, the article is never given
