Porin
NH 320 550
Ross & Cromarty
Derivation:
from the Gaelic "Baile Phuir", the place of the pasture (Watson, WJ 1926)
Earlier forms:
Pitfour
Notes:
see also Pitfour, Aberdeenshire, Pitfour, Banffshire, Pitfour, Perthshire, Pitfour, Ross & Cromarty, Pitfour, Sutherland, Pitfirrane, Fife, and Pitfure, Sutherland,
References:
Watson, WJ 1926 - The History of the Celtic Place-names of Scotland |
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