Pittentrail

Pittentrail Scottish Gaelic: Bad an Tràill
Pittentrail Location within the Sutherland area
OS grid reference	NC725020
Council area	Highland
Lieutenancy area	Sutherland
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Rogart
Postcode district	IV28 3
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Scottish Parliament	Caithness, Sutherland and Ross

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 (sic). The lively Pittentrail Inn is on the north side of the village, near the war memorial.

Etymologically speaking, Pittentrail seems to come from the Pictish word pett, meaning 'farm', a possible relative of Welsh peth, 'possession'. The 'trail' part of the name, however, is less obvious.