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Pit- placenames
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Pitfour
OS 1234 5678
Banffshire

Derivation:

in Gaelic, Pitfour is "Baile Phuir", the place of the pasture (Watson, WJ 1926)

Notes:

see also Pitfour, Aberdeenshire, 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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© Andy Sweet 2004