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Torinturk

Tòrr an Tuirc

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Argyll & Bute

Argyll & Bute

PA29

NR813643


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

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