Pitfirrane
OS 1234 5678
Fife
Pitfirrane
Pitfirrane Castle
Pitfirrane Colliery
Derivation:
from the Gaelic "Baile Phuir", the place of the pasture (Watson, WJ 1926)
Earlier forms:
Petfurane 1474 (Register of the Great Seal of Scotland)
Pitferren
Notes:
see also Pitfour, Aberdeenshire, Pitfour, Banffshire, Pitfour, Perthshire, Pitfour, Ross & Cromarty, Pitfour, Sutherland, Pitfure, Sutherland, and Porin, Ross & Cromarty
References:
Watson, WJ 1926 - The History of the Celtic Place-names of Scotland |
|
|