English / Map Form: Tongue
Gaelic Form: Tunga
Location: Sutherland, Highland
Post Town: LAIRG
Postcode area: IV27
County: Sutherland
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Tongue
Gaelic Form: Tunga
Genitive Form: Thunga
Sources
Lands of Towng 1529 RSS ii, 624
Towng 1551 RSS iv, 1371
Towng 1555 RSS iv, 3060
Towng 1565 RMS iv, 1635
TVNG c. 1591 Pont map 2r
Tung c. 1591 Pont map 2v
Toung 1616 Retours (Sutherland) 4
Tunga Tung-g Robertson Collection MS358, 52
Tunga Dwelly 1912
Braetongue: Bràigh Thung’: S. Grannd Faclair
Caolas Tung’: S. Grannd Faclair
Additional Information
According to Robertson and Grannd the name lenites in the genitive (except after s).