Pitfour
OS 1234 5678
Aberdeenshire
Derivation:
in Gaelic, Pitfour is "Baile Phuir", the place of the pasture (Watson, WJ 1926)
Earlier forms:
Petfoure 1382 (Register of the Great Seal of Scotland)
Notes:
see also Pitfour, Banffshire, Pitfour, Perthshire, Pitfour, Ross & Cromarty, Pitfour, Sutherland, Pitfirrane, Fife, Pitfure, Sutherland, and Porin, Ross & Cromarty
References:
Watson, WJ 1926 - The History of the Celtic Place-names of Scotland |
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