Torridon

Toirbheartan

Settlement

Location

Ross and Cromarty

Highland

IV22

NG898562

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 element

Element 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