inverness

[ThistleDown]

Garvamore and Garvabeg are in the Parish of Laggan. The names mean simply 'big ford' and 'little ford', but in fact probably refered to the farm enclosures on opposite sides of the Spey up near its headwaters. Garvamore was held by Adam Mackintosh, a bastard son of William of Mackintosh in the mid-14C. These two are well above the confluence with the Truim, so wouldn't have been the clachans on which Newtonmore was based. Crachie is the same as Crathie and that's above the Mashie. I don't know Caillearachil. Perhaps someone can translate that better, but my effort is 'place of the old woman' and that doesn't sound like it would be near Newtonmore, either. Newtonmore is in the Parish of Kingussie; I can't verify this right now, but my guess is that Newtonmore grew around a 19C railway station serving the local estates; farther up the line Kingussie ('the head of the fir wood') was founded a little earlier by the Duke of Gordon.

[figheadair]

Garvamore and Garvabeg are in the Parish of Laggan. The names mean simply 'big ford' and 'little ford', but in fact probably refered to the farm enclosures on opposite sides of the Spey up near its headwaters. Garvamore was held by Adam Mackintosh, a bastard son of William of Mackintosh in the mid-14C. These two are well above the confluence with the Truim, so wouldn't have been the clachans on which Newtonmore was based. Crachie is the same as Crathie and that's above the Mashie. I don't know Caillearachil. Perhaps someone can translate that better, but my effort is 'place of the old woman' and that doesn't sound like it would be near Newtonmore, either. Newtonmore is in the Parish of Kingussie; I can't verify this right now, but my guess is that Newtonmore grew around a 19C railway station serving the local estates; farther up the line Kingussie ('the head of the fir wood') was founded a little earlier by the Duke of Gordon.

Interesting Rex. I'm away until Jan so will need to dig more when I'm home. The National Library's map collection is a fascinating read. The nearest I can find on a quick search is in John Cary's 1801 New Map of Scotland which lists a New K of Laggan which looks to be roughly in the right place. K presumaably stands for either Kirk or Kinloch?