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Torrisdale

Tòrasdal

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Argyll & Bute

Argyll & Bute

PA28

NR793361


English / Map Form: Torrisdale

Gaelic Form: Tòrasdal


Location: Kintyre, Argyll

Post Town: CAMPBELTOWN

Postcode area: PA28

County: Argyll & Bute

Local Authority: Argyll & Bute

English / Map Form: Torrisdale

Gaelic Form: Tòrasdal


Language Notes

ON *Þoras-dalr: gen. sg. Þor, deity or personal name ‘Thor’ + nom. sg. dalr, masc. ‘valley’

Element Meaning

ON *Þoras-dalr ~ Thor; dalr ~ valley

Sources

Glentorsdull 1508 RMS ii, 3170
Torrasdull 1545 RMS iii, 3085
Thorisdaill 1565 RMS iv, 1635
Torrisdaill c. 1591 Pont map 2r
Thoirsdaill 1616 Retours (Sutherland) 4

“N., Thors-dalr, thor’s-dal, the dal of Thor, as Thurso, from Thor-sae, the water of Thor.” MacKay 1891, 124

Tòrasdal Robertson Collection MS358, 53
Tòrasdail Holmer 1962 [This is a different place with the same derivation. ]

Additional Information

There is another Torrisdale in Sutherland, with the same Gaelic form.

Torrisdale Link Paths ~ Ceuman Machair Thòrasdail
Airdtorrisdale ~ Aird Thòrasdail
Torrisdale Beach ~ Tràigh Thòrasdail

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