Thank you Peter and Bill. It is Foss. I also got the ordnance map for Blair Atholl from 1863 and found Foss on it today. Didn't jump out at me last night. I was still looking for something with a T & an f. Catherine William B. Dow wrote: >Catherine, > >Would the place you are looking for be Foss? Foss is located on the >southwest side of Loch Tummel. It is about 10km northnorthwest of Dull via >the B-846 roadway through the Strath of Appin. Old handwriting would show >the double 's' in Foss as 'fs' > >Bill Dow, >Carrollton, Texas, USA > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <nomdeplume@shaw.ca> >To: <PERTHSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 11:47 PM >Subject: [PERTH] Tofs, Fofs > > > > >>I've been spending a lot of time trolling through the OPR's of Dull and >> >> >have realized that the place I thought was Top is really Tofs or Fofs. Not >sure of the writing in the late 1700's. I also managed to get the 1783 map >of Perthshire for that area and found the place near Loch Tumel. > > >>Can anyone give me any idea of the correct spelling and pronunciation? >> >>Thanks, Catherine >>Victoria, BC Canada >> >>Is it as rainy in Scotland as it is here on Vancouver Island? >> >> > > > > >