English / Map Form: Torinturk
Gaelic Form: Tòrr an Tuirc
Location: Kintyre, Argyll
Post Town: TARBERT
Postcode area: PA29
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
English / Map Form: Torinturk
Gaelic Form: Tòrr an Tuirc
Language Notes
G nom. sg. tòrr, masc. 'hill' + masc. gen. sg. art. an + gen. sg. torc, 'pig'Element Meaning
tòrr ~ hill; torc ~ pig
Sources
| Torintruk | 1511 RMS ii, 3622 |
| Tornturich | 1654 Blaeu |
| ?Torintuirk | 1804 Langlands |
| Tor Torc | 1856 Admiralty Chart 2159 |
| Torn Torc | 1856 Admiralty Chart 2477 |
| Torr-an-tuirc | Mackinnon 1887 |
| Torr an tuirc | Robertson Collection MS370, 46 |
| Torr an Tuirc | MacMillan 1960 |