Context
According to the [simple_tooltip content='OS Name Books, Inverness-shire Ordnance Survey Name Books, 1876-1878. ScotlandsPlaces <https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital-volumes/ordnance-survey-name-books/inverness-shire-os-name-books-1876-1878>.']OS Name Books (OS1/18/8/93)[/simple_tooltip]: ‘This name signifies The Trinity Well and is applied to a Well situated about 12 chains to the south-west of Teampull na Trionaid.’
See Teampull na Trionaid for a full discussion of this site.
- Grid reference: NF814601
Meaning
[simple_tooltip content='Scottish Gaelic']G[/simple_tooltip] tobar ‘a well’ + [simple_tooltip content='Scottish Gaelic']G[/simple_tooltip] trianaid ‘trinity’
(The Well of the Trinity)
Early forms
[simple_tooltip content='Six-inch 1st edition Ordnance Survey Maps of Scotland, 1843-1882 <https://maps.nls.uk/os/6inch/index.html>.']OS 6-inch[/simple_tooltip] Tobar na Trionaid (given as head-form)
