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.