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