Fodderty Explained

Country:Scotland
Official Name:Fodderty
Gaelic Name:Fodhraitidh
Static Image:Bluebell time on Knock Farrel - geograph.org.uk - 589942.jpg
Static Image Caption:Bluebell time on Knock Farrel
Os Grid Reference:NH532592
Map Type:Ross and Cromarty
Coordinates:57.5992°N -4.4581°W
Unitary Scotland:Highland
Postcode District:IV15 9
Postcode Area:IV

Fodderty (Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Fodhraitidh) is a small hamlet, close to Dingwall, Ross-shire in the Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.[1]

The small hamlet of Bottacks is located 1 mile to the west, and just to the east is Brae or Brea, formed in 1777 from the lands (long held by a branch of the Mackenzies) of Davochcarn, Davochmaluag and Davochpollo.[2] "Davochmaluag" is named[2] after the famous missionary saint - St Moluag of Lismore (died AD592) - to whom the church at Fodderty was dedicated. Only a mound remains in the burial-ground to mark where this church stood.

Fodderty Cemetery also contains the burial place[3] of Willie Logan (1913-1966) that is marked by a memorial in the shape of a pier of the Tay Road Bridge which, through his father's Muir of Ord-based building firm, he helped to construct. He also founded the Scottish regional airline Loganair.

The growing town of Dingwall now encroaches on Fodderty.

See also

John M'Gilligen of Fodderty[4] who held conventicles in houses throughout the county.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fodderty . The Gazetteer for Scotland . School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society . 19 June 2018.
  2. William John Watson, Place names of Ross and Cromarty (Inverness Northern Counties Pub. 1904), at page 100
  3. Bridgescapes by Bruce Keith (pub.2017)
  4. Book: Scott . Hew . Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae; the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation Vol 7. 1928 . Oliver and Boyd . Edinburgh . 36 . 23 February 2019.
  5. Book: Scott . Hew . Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae; the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation Vol 7. 1928 . Oliver and Boyd . Edinburgh . 26 . 23 February 2019.