Pittentrail

Pittentrail (Scottish Gaelic: Bad an Tràill) is a hamlet on the A839 road, in the Rogart estate in eastern Sutherland, in the Scottish Highlands. The River Fleet runs to the south. The settlement became better known in the area when Rogart Station was built in the village. The station is no longer used for its original purpose. Instead, the station buildings have been converted into private residential use. The station yard has been made into gardens, with old signs and other railway memorabilia lying about. The original sidings have been retained, and the train carriages sitting on them converted into a novel independent youth hostel, known as sleeperzzz.com[1] (sic). The lively Pittentrail Inn is on the north side of the village, near the war memorial.

Pittentrail
Pittentrail
Location within the Sutherland area
OS grid referenceNC725020
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townRogart
Postcode districtIV28 3
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament

Etymology

Etymologically speaking, the first element the name Pittentrail is pett, a Pictish word borrowed into Gaelic meaning "land-holding, unit of land".[2] The second is Gaelic tràill, another loan-word, from the Old Norse for "thrall, slave".[2]

Notes
  1. http://www.sleeperzzz.com/
  2. Hall, Mark A; Driscoll, Stephen T; Geddess, Jane (11 November 2010). Pictish Progress: New Studies on Northern Britain in the Early Middle Ages. Brill. p. 93. ISBN 9789004188013. Retrieved 30 June 2019.


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