- The davoch,
davach or
daugh is an
ancient Scottish land measurement. All of
these terms are
cognate with
modern Scottish Gaelic dabhach. The word dabh...
- the
davach of Achvanie, the
davach of
Achnatrait (Achintraid?), the
davach of Stromcastell, Ardnagald, Ardneskan, and Blaad, and the half
davach of Sannachan...
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words such as
breive (judge), cane (a tribute),
couthal (court of justice),
davach (a
measure of land), duniw****al (nobleman),
kenkynolle (head of the kindred)...
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Colin was
served heir to his
father Kenneth McKeinzie in the
davach of Letterfernane, the
davach of Glenshall, and
other lands in the
barony of Ellendonane...
- Old
English 'wic' for a camp or dwelling. The
suggested derivation from '
Davach' is more
likely in the case of the
nearby 'Davar', which, in the old Gaelic...
-
granted to
Robert Munro between 1350 and 1371 were
exchanged by him for the '
davach' of land 'Estirfowlis' (Easter Foulis) with the 'fortyr' of Strathskehech...
- 1499, for the
lands of Dirlot, Farr, Armadale, Strathy, Rennvie,
Davach, Lochnaver,
Davach Eriboll, all in Strathnaver, and also Kinald, Golspie, and Kilcolumkill...
- Golspie, Dirlot, Cattack, Broynach,
Kilchalumkill in Strabroa,
Davach Lochnaver,
Davach Eriboll, the two
pennylands of Stromay, the mill of Kinald, the...
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Thomas Durward. The
first occasion is in 1233 when he
makes a
grant of a "
davach/davoch" of land
called ****heluthy to
support the Hospital. The 1845 transcription...
