English / Map Form: Tummel Bridge
Gaelic Form: Drochaid Choinneachain
Location: Perth & Kinross
Post Town: PITLOCHRY
Postcode area: PH16
County: Perthshire
Local Authority: Perth and Kinross
English / Map Form: Tummel Bridge
Gaelic Form: Drochaid Choinneachain
Language Notes
G nom. sg. drochaid, masc. ‘bridge’ + gen. sg. en. Coinneachan (from coinneach, ‘moss’)Element Meaning
G drochaid ~ bridge + G coinneach ~ moss
Sources
| Drochaid Choinneachain (oi = aoi) | Robertson Collection MS 372, 103 |
| Drochaid Choinneachain | Robertson Collection MS 373, 25 |
| Drochaid Theimheil | 1912 Dwelly |
| Drochaid Choinneachan | 1980 Robertson, ‘Memories of Rannoch’ TGSI 51, 310 |
Additional Information
Robertson, in Memories of Rannoch says, ‘Tummel-bridge is known among Gaelic-speaking natives to this day as Drochaid Choinneachan (Bridge of Kynachan).
The bridge was built for General Wade by John Stewart of Kynachan in 1733 and for that reason is known locally as Kynachan Bridge.
