Is Dochpollo near Dingwall?

[donaldsonjc]

The Register for Marriages in Fodderty shows George Dingwall married Mary Cameron on 19 June 1840. Her residence is shown as "Hts of Dochcarty".

His place of residence is hard to read - the handwriting is a bit faded. It looks like "Dochpollo" but I can't locate a place with this name. George was born in Lemlair in 1819 and his father, John, was born in Heights of Dochairty about 1788, so I assume it is near Dingwall.

The letter p may be incorrect. Does anyone know where Dochpollo or Doch_ollo is?

[trish251]

I cannot find such a name either - could the D perhaps be an L - names starting with Loch seem more likely. Genuki gives the following on R & C
Loch Duich
Lochalsh
Lochbroom
Lochcarron
Lochs

Could it have been the name of a property, rather than a parish?

Trish

[Gadget]

I live up here and can't think of anything it could be except a farmstead.

Nearest I can think of is Ullapool but that's a distance from Dingwall and travel over what we call 'The Jeerie' -(Dirrie Mor) the mountain route from East to West R & C -  in those days would have been very difficult. It was a droving route.

Is it possible to put up an image of the writing?

Gadget

[donaldsonjc]

Many thanks for your replies.
I have attempted to attach a scanned image of the entry.
Hope it is legible.

John

[Gadget]

Hi John

It looks like Dochpolls to me, which is most likely a farmstead. I've had a little look around the Dingwall area on the old maps site but I think it might take quite a while to locate.

If you go to http://www.old-maps.co.uk/  and put in Dingwall and get the map enlarged so that you can read the small print, you might find it by looking around the area, using the various direction arrows to move about the map.

Gadget

[PaulaToo]

Ohhhh, didn't know you were so near to my old stompin' ground, (Drumnadrochit) Gadget. No wonder you know about the West Highland Midge
I'm like you, been doing my best, but can't find anything other than Fodderty.
Nearest I can get is Dochgarroch, but that's a couple of Firths away.
It's got to be a house or farmstead.

[Chortlegirl]

Hi there

In the book "Place names of Ross and Cromarty" by Watson, in the Parish of Fodderty section Dochcarty is mentioned and an entry on the same page is for a location"DAVOCHPOLLO", form the Gaelic for "Davach of the pool". Could this be the Dochpollo you're looking for?

I've found with this book that the locations listed next to one another are also close together on the map.

Hope this helps!
Lynn

[Gadget]

That looks pretty good to me Lynn 

pol is usually the word used in my neck of the woods  - pool or hollow. Also there's pollaidh meaning boggy/swamp.

Thanks for the reference to the book - looks very useful.

Gadget

[donaldsonjc]

Thanks for the clue that Dochpollo is derived from Davochpollo.

Used "mamma metasearch" to find Davochpollo in the History of the Mackenzies by Alexander Mackenzie.

He tells us that his ancestor, Alexander Mackenzie of Hilton inherited the Davochmaluag estate in 1776. The adjoining properties of Davochpollo and Davochcairn were previously acquired by his father, John Mackenzie, second of Brea. Alexander combined the three properties into one, and gave it the name of Brea, after the former estate of the family in Ferintosh.

I see the Heights of Brae is near Fodderty. Is there a Brea in the neighbourhood? Or has Mackenzie's Brea become Heights of Brae over time?