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Whistlefield

Taigh na Fead


Location

Argyll & Bute

NS144932


English / Map Form: Whistlefield

Gaelic Form: Taigh na Fead


Location: Lochgoilhead

Post Town: Cairndow ~ An Càrn Dubh

Local Authority: Argyll & Bute

English / Map Form: Whistlefield

Gaelic Form: Taigh na Fead


Language Notes

G nom. sg. taigh, masc. ‘house’ + na fem. gen. sg. def. art. + gen. sg. fead, fem. ‘whistle’

Element Meaning

 

Sources

Taynforlin 1801 Langlands Map
Whistlefield 1820 Thomson
Taynforlin 1853 Parliamentary Gazetteer of Scotland
Whistlefield 1869 OS 6 inch 1st edn.
Tigh-na-fead MacLean p. 137

Tighnafead Whistle-house: 1875 Handbook for Travellers
“TIGHNAFEAD, i.e. whistle-house”: 1 p. Blackie p. xxix

Additional Information

Although not found in any old forms, a number of nineteenth century books refer to this as Tighnafead. This is corroborated by a nearby burn called Eas nam Feadan. Taynforlin possibly relates to a nearby but separate place.

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