English / Map Form: Torridon
Gaelic Form: Toirbheartan
Location: Wester Ross, Highland
Post Town: ACHNASHEEN
Postcode area: IV22
County: Ross and Cromarty
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Torridon
Gaelic Form: Toirbheartan
Language Notes
G nom. sg. gleann, masc. ‘glen’ + obscure elementElement Meaning
G tairbeart ~ isthmus, portage
Sources
| Torvirtayne | 1461 RMS ii no. 806 |
| Torvedene | 1494 Sherriff’s Protocol (Celtic Magazine 1879, IV, 294) |
| Torrerdone | 1584 Retours (Ross) no. 12 |
| Torvirttan | 1624 Retours (Ross) no. 69 |
| Loch Turretan | 1654 Blaeu Map (Northern Scotland) |
| Glen Terridon | 1747-55 Roy |
| Toirbheartan, gen. Thoirbheartan | Wentworth |
| Toir(bh)eartan | Watson 1904, 210 |
| Toirbheartan | Hulme 2007 |